Claim: A secretive, Republican-leaning group has spent an estimated $3 million on a TV ad making the false claim that government spending is "not creating jobs." The ad first appeared Sept. 7 and was still running nearly a month later. The ad shows a man in a business suit digging an ever-deeper hole — a visual metaphor for the nation's ever-expanding debt. It could also be a metaphor for Public Notice, the sponsor of the ad and yet another group whose finances are also something of a black hole.
Fact-check: Another Black Hole - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a secretive, republican-leaning group has spent an estimated $3 million on a tv ad making the false claim that government spending is "not creating jobs." the ad first appeared sept. 7 and was still running nearly a month later. the ad shows a man in a business suit digging an ever-deeper hole — a visual metaphor for the nation's ever-expanding debt. it could also be a metaphor for public notice, the sponsor of the ad and yet another group whose finances are also something of a black hole.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2010-10-06T22:31:34