Is Whitman a porn peddler?
By Robert Farley
Published on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at 11:50 a.m.
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As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
Steve Poizner, Tuesday, June 1st, 2010.
Ruling: Half-True | Details
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An ad from Steve Poizner showcases eBay's adult only sales.
Things have gotten downright dirty in the Republican primary for governor of California.
In a web-only video ad, Steve Poizner essentially accused his opponent Meg Whitman of peddling smut. The ad says that as the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
It's true that Whitman created a separate division for eBay that sells porn, but it wasn't a case of Whitman introducing a new product line. Rather, it was a good faith effort to limit the online auction of adult material to adults by requiring registration and credit card verification. That's a big difference. And we rated Poizner's claim Half True.
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