MN Senate Race: "Reality Check" Pwns Anti-Worker Astroturf Ad Against Al Franken
[media id=5777] [media id=5778] (YouTube) MN's WCCO CH4 news' "Reality Check" segment destroys, point-by-point, a new intentionally misleading Sopr
MN's WCCO CH4 news' "Reality Check" segment destroys, point-by-point, a new intentionally misleading Sopranos-spoof TV ad by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, which is actually a cartel of national business groups including the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and Wal-Mart, masquerading as a pro-union, pro-worker group on behalf of Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) against his Democratic challenger Al Franken.
The ad exploits "a distorted stereotype of the Mafia, and of labor unions as tools of organized crime" to misrepresent legislation that, despite what the ad implies, would actually make it easier for workers to organize unions.