Talent pulls 'misleading' Senate ads

[proud2BlibKansan]

By Steve Oslica, News Editor. Posted October 27, 2006.

Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., pulled campaign ads using “misleading” quotes from the Kansas City Star after the newspaper complained that the quotes were used out of context.

“At the meeting with our editorial board, he defended the ads,” Editorial Page Editor Miriam Pepper said. She said Talent’s staff later confirmed to the Star that the ads had been pulled.

The ads attempted to use the quotes as the opinion of the Star itself. The quotes, however, are not the opinion of the Star or its editorial board.

The Star learned of the quotes from a report by the ad verification Web site Factcheck.org. The organization’s report, “Talent for Deception,” claimed that four ads from Talent’s campaign used out-of-context quotes from the Star about his opponent, State Auditor Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

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[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Good. That just makes him look worse. Now he can be labeled

as a LIAR too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. He is also a weasel

LOL

[Homer Wells]

2. Even though he pulled the ads

he still got his lying message out there.
This is the same technique lawyers use in the courtroom. They will use all sort of inflammatory questioning to make their point, there will be an objection by the other side, and the judge will instruct the jury to disregard the previous testimony.

Once the information has reached the jurors ears, there is no way they will not consider it. It is like telling someone to not think of an elephant.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. But pulling it also sends a message

[stray cat]

5. the ad must not have been working