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An Obama ad in Georgia ties McCain to former Christian Coalition executive Ralph Reed and the Abramoff lobbying scandal. It doesn't give a full picture. Full Story »
Posted by Derek HawkinsAn Obama ad in Georgia ties McCain to former Christian Coalition executive Ralph Reed and the Abramoff lobbying scandal. It doesn't give a full picture. Full Story »
Posted by Derek HawkinsThis fact check article is interesting. It implies that the facts in Barack Obama's ad are generally accurate. The two summary comments that the author says are not completely accurate are much closer to accurate than the author tries to place them. Regardless of whether John McCain is willing to take the money, Ralph Reed is raising money. The idea that despite McCain calling Reed to testify, the committee report had a paragraph about Reed that hurt him is a different issue. If you check facts try to be fair.
The article headlines that key facts are missing from an ad, then in the smaller print says the charges are true. The FactCheck article adds to evidence of bias in a number of FactCheck stories. Annenberg managers seem primarily from the conservative conviction.
This analysis is good journalism. The authors provide considerable factual information about the situation as described in the Obama advertisement and as it actually happened. Not mentioned is that Abramoff provided substantial money to Democrats as well as to Republicans.