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August 2, 2006 9:56 AM
U.S. Chamber ads for Reichert pulled from stations
Posted by David Postman
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce TV ads boosting Dave Reichert are being redone on local stations to fix inaccuracies. The ads praise Reichert for his support of a prescription drug plan that was approved before he was in Congress.
The Chamber has had to rework three other ads around the country and pulled a fourth for similar problems.
Kate Bedingfield, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said that the committee's attorneys confirmed that the chamber was pulling the ads from KIRO and KCPQ. The big buy was on KING and those ads have been reworked, according to Ann Sobil, director of sales and marketing for the station, and will begin airing today.
The chamber has not responded to calls about the ads today.
A graphic in the ad says: "Congressman Dave Reichert believes seniors deserve affordable prescription drugs." The voice over says, "That's why Reichert supported the Medicare Part D law giving seniors a quality drug plan." And then another graphic: "Reichert supported Medicare Part D law giving seniors a quality drug plan."
But Part D was passed in 2003. Reichert was elected in 2004.
UPDATE: KCPQ says as they were looking into complaints that the ads were inaccurate the ad agency that placed them asked that they be replaced with a different version.
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