Koch Group Abandons Obamacare 'Horror' Stories After Fact-Check Backlash

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Koch Group Abandons Obamacare 'Horror' Stories After Fact-Check Backlash

by Dylan Scott at Talking Points Memo

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/afp-obamacare-horror-stories-no-more?utm_content=buffer41756&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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It's a notably different style after the group incurred the wrath of fact-checkers over an ad released last month in the Michigan Senate race. That ad told the story of a cancer patient who had her plan canceled because of Obamacare. But the spot didn't mention that the subject would save at least $1,200 for a new health plan under the law, as TPM and numerous other-fact-checkers reported.

Another AFP ad featuring a Medicare recipient earned a "Two Pinocchios" rating from the Washington Post. The Huffington Post called out a third ad, featuring a couple whose policy had been canceled, in the Arkansas Senate race last week.

UPDATE, 2:35 p.m. ET

"We are currently on-air with many different types of ads, including personal testimony of Obamacare impact," AFP spokesman Levi Russell told TPM. "This is the same strategy we've been using for 6 months. This does not represent a shift in strategy."

Though the group billed these as "new ads" multiple times throughout its announcement, Russell noted that a similar version has run in North Carolina against Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) prior to the ad buys in Colorado and Louisiana.




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[TroglodyteScholar]

1. "This is the same strategy we've been using for 6 months. This does not represent a shift..."

That's right... these guys have been outright lying about Obamacare since day one. What's to be surprised about?

[Takket]

2. Facts???

Why would fact checking stop them? It never have fire, and their drones only care about what Obama dud wrong, not whether it was true.