Claim: A pro-Obama TV ad says that "big oil" pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry's "$200 million man." But that's a pretty slippery claim. The fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are behind the money in question. Rather, it's a funding goal of the Koch brothers, the libertarian billionaires whose diversified corporation has fingers in lumber,
Fact-check: 'Big Oil' Backing Romney? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: a pro-obama tv ad says that "big oil" pledged $200 million to help mitt romney, making him the industry's "$200 million man." but that's a pretty slippery claim. the fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like bp, exxon mobil corp. and chevron corp. are behind the money in question. rather, it's a funding goal of the koch brothers, the libertarian billionaires whose diversified corporation has fingers in lumber,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2012-04-26T21:34:57