knapplc Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Misleading Romney Auto Ad Backfires With Media Mitt Romney’s final attempt to swing Ohio polls in his direction is a bit too much for a number of political reporters, and is now facing an aggressive response from the Obama campaign. In news articles, tweets, and other media, members of the national press, usually reluctant to criticize campaigns directly, have taken Romney to task for running a misleading TV ad creating the false impression that Jeep will ship jobs to China because of President Obama’s auto rescue. “Mitt Romney’s campaign has released an ad in Ohio that says he — and not President Barack Obama — will do more to help the auto industry, even though Obama’s administration is widely credited with helping to turn around General Motors and Chrysler when they faced collapse,” writes the Detroit Free Press in an article titled ‘Romney takes heat for new ad on jobs, auto rescue’. “In the ad, the Romney campaign also says that Jeep, now owned by Italian automaker Fiat after going through a structured bankruptcy in 2009, is going to make cars in China. While true, that production would represent an expansion or return of jobs to China for Chrysler, not a transfer of North American jobs. It also is a move that analysts say could improve the brand’s global standing.” Whoops. Link to comment
Ziggy Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 "In news articles, tweets, and other media, members of the national press, usually reluctant to criticize campaigns directly, have taken Romney to task for running a misleading TV ad" Haha epic fail. Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 "In news articles, tweets, and other media, members of the national press, usually reluctant to criticize campaigns directly, have taken Romney to task for running a misleading TV ad" Haha epic fail. Agreed, but "epic" is perhaps an understatement. Just saying it in a stump speech would have been merely a fail. But to go all in with a fully-produced TV spot, yeah. That's beyond epic. Totally awesome that we're on the same page here. Link to comment
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