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TV station rejects anti-Perriello ad
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jul 03, 2009 07:46am |
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| Author | Martin Kady II |
| News Date | Friday, July 3, 2009 01:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Roanoke, Va. TV station has rejected an ad attacking freshman Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello -- after a fact checking organization reported that the ad relied on potentially bogus stats.
The National Republican Congressional Committee had drafted ads against a number of vulnerable Democrats across the country, including Perriello, who represents a rural-traditionally Republican district in south central Virginia.
The ad plays up Perriello's vote in favor of the climate change bill, which Republicans deride as a national energy tax that would make American energy bills go up significantly.
But Factcheck.org says the NRCC ad is misleading because it claims energy costs could go up nearly $1,800 a year per household, a number gleaned from a widely debunked estimate from the conservative Heritage Foundation.
The widely respected CBO puts the increase at closer to $175 per annum by 2020. |
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