Claim: The latest ad from New York State Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco, a Republican, says that the Albany Times-Union and FactCheck.org have called Democratic challenger Scott Murphy's advertising "unfair" and "false," respectively. The two men are vying for an open House seat representing New York's 20th congressional district. The ad doesn't specify which "attack" the Times-Union was calling "unfair," or which claim from Murphy's advertising we called "false." Here are the details: It's true that we and the Times-Union called out the Murphy campaign for claiming that Tedisco wouldn't say whether he supports caps on salaries for executives of companies receiving bailout money .
Fact-check: Hold the Context - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the latest ad from new york state assembly minority leader jim tedisco, a republican, says that the albany times-union and factcheck.org have called democratic challenger scott murphy's advertising "unfair" and "false," respectively. the two men are vying for an open house seat representing new york's 20th congressional district. the ad doesn't specify which "attack" the times-union was calling "unfair," or which claim from murphy's advertising we called "false." here are the details: it's true that we and the times-union called out the murphy campaign for claiming that tedisco wouldn't say whether he supports caps on salaries for executives of companies receiving bailout money .
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2009-03-17T21:47:53