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» Candidate/Organization: Mike DeWine
» Year: 2006
» State: Ohio
» Race: Senate, District N/A (About This Race)
» Party: Republican
» Funded by: Candidate
» Disseminations: TV, Web

Ad Content

» Cues: Characters, Cited sources, Color, Music, Narrator, On-screen Writing, September 11
» Issues: Homeland Security, War (Iraq), War on Terror
» Tone: Negative
» Types: Attack, Factual
» Music: Ominous
» Characters: Firemen, Soldiers
» Narrator: Male
» Language: English

Analysis

By factcheck.org: An ad by Republican Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio distorts his opponent's record by selectively choosing votes that don't accurately reflect the overall picture. In response, the Ohio Democratic Party highlights votes that give a truer sense of Rep. Sherrod Brown's voting record, while insinuating without evidence that DeWine has been complicit with the Chinese and that he was somehow responsible for failing to forsee the terrorist attacks of 2001.

Both ads show how cherrypicked votes from the same lawmaker's record can be used to paint him either as a Jekyll or a Hyde -- or in this case, as someone who is tough on terrorism, or not.

DeWine's ad snared some unwanted publicity by using a shot of the World Trade Center towers billowing smoke -- which turned out to be a simulation of the 9/11 attacks and not the real thing. The DeWine campaign has replaced the image. More...