Claim: A pro-business group in Ohio committed an audacious misappropriation of an elderly woman's emotional opposition to the state's new collective bargaining law. The group's TV ad uses her story of how firefighters saved her great granddaughter's life to make it appear she supports the law that she actually wants repealed. The dishonest editing caused a number of Ohio TV stations to stop running the ad on advice of their attorneys. Ohio Gov. John Kasich,
Fact-check: Ohio Group Won't Take 'No' for Answer - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a pro-business group in ohio committed an audacious misappropriation of an elderly woman's emotional opposition to the state's new collective bargaining law. the group's tv ad uses her story of how firefighters saved her great granddaughter's life to make it appear she supports the law that she actually wants repealed. the dishonest editing caused a number of ohio tv stations to stop running the ad on advice of their attorneys. ohio gov. john kasich,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2011-10-14T22:51:08