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Voters outraged over anti-Obama lies advertised in Sarasota newspaper listen

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Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, elections, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, smear campaigns, GING-PAC, media, ethics

More than 50 people lashed out at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Thursday afternoon over a an anti-Obama ad that ran in Sunday’s paper. At a protest in front of the Sarasota paper’s office, the group set out to debunk false claims about the president.

The ad listed 11 things President Obama will “move America to”. PolitiFact researched nine of the statements and found that none of them were true. Among the claims that received Politifact’s lowest rating, Pants on Fire - Obama would force ...