Claim: The American Issues Project, a conservative group, has released an ad attacking President Obama and congressional Democrats for the bonuses issued by American International Group after it received federal bailout funds. The ad is scheduled to run for the next week on a $500,000 ad buy. Here's the ad: It shows a headline saying that "Obama Accepts Blame for AIG Bonuses," which the group's backup says is from The Wall Street Journal.
Fact-check: Targeting Obama with Bonus 'AIG'itation - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the american issues project, a conservative group, has released an ad attacking president obama and congressional democrats for the bonuses issued by american international group after it received federal bailout funds. the ad is scheduled to run for the next week on a $500,000 ad buy. here's the ad: it shows a headline saying that "obama accepts blame for aig bonuses," which the group's backup says is from the wall street journal.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Justin Bank
Date published: 2009-03-24T21:57:19