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» Candidate/Organization: NRCC
» Other Candidates Mentioned: John Cranley
» Year: 2006
» State: Ohio
» Race: House, District 1 (About This Race)
» Party: Republican
» Funded by: Independent Group
» Disseminations: TV, Web

Ad Content

» Cues: Cited sources, Distorted Picture, On-screen Writing
» Issues: Crime, Ethics, Leadership
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack
» Music: Ominous
» Characters: Children
» Narrator: Female
» Language: English

Analysis

By Factcheck.org: An NRCC ad in Ohio includes a charge that Democratic Challenger John Cranley "voted to allow children as young as seven to be tased. Seven-year-olds, tased! With 50,000 volts of electricity." Misleading. Cincinnati police regulations already permit use of the X26 Taser, designed as a non-lethal weapon to incapacitate rather than kill, to subdue resisting suspects between the ages of 7 and 70. The ad refers to Cranley's vote on the Cincinnati City Council against raising that age minimum to 10. The Council voted 5-4 against raising the age after opponents cited concerns that batons or pepper spray would be more likely to harm a resisting subject. More...