Recent stories featuring Americans for Prosperity

Ad Watch: Crafty splice tags Obama with a promise:

An Americans for Prosperity ad shows President Barack Obama promising to cut the national deficit during his first term and saying, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

Did President Obama really give himself a three-year deadline to accomplish that goal?

Americans for Prosperity's traffic light claim:

Is stimulus money paying for traffic lights on Chinese streets?

That's a claim made by Americans for Prosperity in a TV ad running in Ohio and seven other states.

The ad blames President Barack Obama for sending stimulus money overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about traffic lights is the third one we've checked out.
 

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus:

An ad from Americans for Prosperity is a case study in how to weave falsehoods, exaggerations and the occasional fact. We take a closer look.

Americans for Prosperity cites stimulus for Finland :

Is your tax money paying for jobs in Finland?

That's one of the claims in an ad Americans for Prosperity is airing in eight states, including Ohio.

The ad takes aim at President Barack Obama, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work. The claim about Finland is the second one we've checked out.

Checking the claims from Americans for Prosperity:

Americans for Prosperity takes aim at President Barack Obama in a ad running in Ohio and seven other states, claiming that stimulus money was sent overseas while Americans are out of work.

"Tell President Obama, American tax dollars should help American taxpayers," the narrator says. Instead, $2.3 billion in tax credits funded jobs in Mexico, Finland and China, the ad claims.

We checked it out the so-called funding for jobs in Mexico and found the claim somewhat incendiary.