I usually like the emails from factcheck.org but this latest one troubles me. In it they compare ad’s from rival political groups Progress for America and American Way. The subject of course is judicial nominee’s.
They describe the Progress for America ad as, as far as I can tell, a lie.
In my book that is a lie. So to compare this with the American Way ad it should be an equal lie. Correct?
Here’s what they found wrong with the American Way ad.
judge Janice Rogers Brown as saying seniors “are cannibalizing their
grandchildren,” without making clear she was speaking metaphorically of debt being passed on to future generations by entitlement programs.
I don’t see what is wrong with using a metaphor of a belief spoken publicly, as a sound bite. Moreover, I don’t see how this can be paired with a blatant lie from the right. But clearly, we again come out on to morally!
Full text of email.
Both sides twist facts about Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen.
Summary
Millions are being spent on rival ads supporting and opposing two of
President Bush’s most controversial judicial selections. Neither ad is
completely accurate.
An ad by the pro-Bush group Progress for America implies that Texas
judge Priscilla Owen has been endorsed by a newspaper that actually says
she’s biased in favor of large corporations and “often contorts her
rulings” to conform with her conservative outlook.
A rival ad by the liberal People for the American Way quotes Texas
judge Janice Rogers Brown as saying seniors “are cannibalizing their
grandchildren,” without making clear she was speaking metaphorically of debt being passed on to future generations by entitlement programs.
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