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  AdWatch: Santorum's Ad Draws Fire
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Last EditedRP  Sep 26, 2006 02:03pm
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News DateWednesday, September 20, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionOne of the latest campaign ads in Pennsylvania's Senate race is getting a lot of attention. Some say it goes to far, but how true is it?

News 8 On Your Side government reporter Ben Simmoneau took a look as part of News 8's AdWatch series.

Fact Check

The ad starts with a line you may have heard before during this season of political ads: "I'm Rick Santorum, and I approved this message."

The commercial might be the most controversial ad to hit the air this year. And News 8 found it's also mostly incorrect.

After the message from Santorum, a narrator opens the ad by saying, "Meet Bob Casey's campaign team."

In general, the ad is false outright. None of the seven men portrayed in the ad are actually members of Casey's Senate campaign team. One man referenced is actually dead. And though the group is shown in one shot behind prison bars, none of the men referenced are currently behind bars.

But there's more -- Rick Santorum has taken money from two of the men portrayed in the ad, including a man the ad references with these words: "Several more of Casey's largest contributors are under investigation, including Casey's handpicked campaign finance chairman."

That line refers to Robert Feldman. But Feldman and his wife actually gave Santorum $2,000 for this Senate campaign. Feldman hasn't given any money to Casey, and he's not Casey's handpicked campaign chairman.
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