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Mitt Romney's tough, controversial first television ad -- directed at President Barack Obama, not Romney's primary opponents - - could be a preview of the fall election. It also raises an ethical question: Is it permissible to distort a distortion?
The ad, called "Believe in America," clearly takes Obama's words out of context. It quotes him saying, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose." Obama's full quote, taken from an Oct. 16, 2008, campaign appearance in New Hampshire, was: "Senator McCain's campaign actually said, and I quote, 'If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.'"See the full content of this document
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Candidates Don't Let Facts Get in Way of Good Ad?
We know of this creative editing, not because it was exposed by media fact-checkers, but because the full context was posted by the Romney campaign on its website along with the ad. Romney advisers ...
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