rawstory.com - 8/28/2008
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A McCain ad aired on Fox News channel with the words "HANG" in the background along with a photograph of Barack Obama has sparked outrage after being noticed by a reporter at a local Fox television affiliate. The words "HIGHER TAXES" are transposed on an image of Obama standing in front of a crowd. The background is blurred at the edges so that the words from Obama's signature theme -- change ...
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McCain ad floats "HANG" over Obama's head
News Hounds —
... In other frames of the commercial you can see the odd shape blacked out that enables the word "hang" to appear in the relevant frarmes, but also notice that in other sections of the ad the smudging is the more traditional oval. Personally, I can't believe that it is an honest error and John McCain should pull the ad, denounce it, and not use that company again. If he doesn't, we can assume he condones such dirty tricks.
H/T RawStory.
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raw story picks up an interesting point which was first reported, strangely enough, by a fox affiliate about the mcmuffin campaign's latest tv ad. apparently the local fox news anchor found a rather disturbing image in the ad: the "c" and the "e" in the word "change" had been blacked out to leave another word hanging over obama's head: ...
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