The Albany Times-Union has unveiled a new ad-watch feature, that aims to fact check various regional campaign ads.<\/p>\n
The article slams the campaign of Republican challenger Sandy Treadwell for claiming that incumbent Democratic congresswoman Kirtsen Gillibrand “voted to impose the largest tax increase in history.”<\/p>\n
According to the spot: “Gillibrand’s tax hike would cost your family an extra $2,900 a year.”<\/p>\n
The ad claims that Gillibrnad supports an end to President George Bush’s massive tax cuts, enacted in 2001. <\/p>\n
In fact, she proposes to maintain tax cuts aimed at middle class families. <\/p>\n
The T-U’s conclusion: “Treadwell’s ad misrepresents the facts.”<\/p>\n
The Times-Union tries to balance its criticism (clumsily, I think) by reviewing a Gillibrand ad that grumbles about negative campaigning.<\/p>\n
“With all of America’s challenges,” Gillibrand says, “you’d think Sandy Treadwell could do better than a false, negative campaign.”<\/p>\n
Gillibrand then goes on to call Treadwell’s ads a “personal attack.”<\/p>\n
“It is a bit of a mismatched response,” writes the T-U’s Irene Jay Liu. “Treadwell’s ad, though misleading, can hardly be characterized as a ‘personal attack.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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