ABC Is Shocked That Anti-ObamaCare Ad Uses Actors (Pajama Boy not mentioned)

Newsbusters ^ | 2/14/14 | Scott Whitlock

[Libloather]

Is it really shocking for commercials to use actors? According to ABC News, yes. A headline for the ABCNews.com article trumpeted, "Koch Brothers Ad Attacking [Democratic Senator] Mary Landrieu Uses Paid Actors." Rather than investigate the continued failings of ObamaCare, writer Jordyn Phelps hyped the fact that the commercials sponsored by the Koch brothers feature stand-ins, writing, "But the people in the emotion-evoking ad are not Louisianans at all; they are paid actors."

Phelps continued, "The ad shows a number of people, who appear to be Louisianans, opening their mail to find a letter stating that their health care policy has been cancelled because of the Affordable Care Act." The commercial features scenes of children running to a mailbox. It seems fairly obvious that such images were filmed and weren't caught accidentally.

[lowbridge]

But ABC is ok with portraying Democrats as Republicans.

ABC's GMA Highlights Southern Republican Women...Who are Voting for Democrats

[I am Richard Brandon]

Do these MSM hack ever come in contact with the public at large? All the hacks obviously live in a bubble populated by politicians, other MSM hacks, and Hollyweird types. Is it possible to penetrate that bubble from the outside? They need to receive a barrage of real reality messages.

[Liberty Valance]

Ha ha ha ha ha! The irony is great in this one ...

[Brad from Tennessee]

A number of ObamaCare victims who have gone public have reported unexpected visits from the IRS. In one case the IRS had discovered a problem in the critic's 10-year-old tax return.