Senator's Outreach Ad To Black Voters Appears To Use Stock Video From Africa

[RandySF]

A new ad highlighting Sen. Richard Burr's (R-NC) work in helping disadvantaged children in his state appears to feature black children from a school in Africa, not North Carolina.

The ad titled "Kirby" features an interview with African American Pastor Kirby Jones who says that Burr "has done a great deal to help the children and their families get on a path and trajectory that leads to academic success and life success. He is genuinely interested in our community, in our children."

The ad includes two pieces of footage from Getty's iStock catalog that are tagged as "non US" locations.

One is titled "African teacher and school girls," and is tagged with keywords like "non US location," "South African culture," "Africa," African ethnicity," and "African American ethnicity."


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/richard-burr-ad-features-kids-from-africa

[Person 2713]

1. Burrs team probably thought that would be funny. They are twisted sick like that

[kimbutgar]

2. I wonder what amount of donation that pastor received?

No real Christian would support or vote for today's republicans.

[MADem]

8. Isn't that w's buddy?

He married Jenna and her beau at the pig farm.

[Angry Dragon]

3. perhaps he should go to Africa and run for office

[Hekate]

4. Hope that gets spread all over

[marble falls]

5. "They all look the same to him", probably because he doesn't pay attention.

[oasis]

6. Burr and "Pastor" Kirby Jones are both exposed on who they really are.

[Zambero]

7. Reminds me of Paul Ryan's faked soup kitchen photo-op

I guess North Carolina was also closed that day?

[Rex]

9. Of course they did.

GOPers are sick people inside.

[yardwork]

10. That's my senator! So proud. Not.

[DFW]

11. Burr is a Republican

And someone still expects him to know the difference?

[AlbertCat]

12. Burr is a Republican

Burr is an embarrassment.


Has been for years.

Lackey errand boy for the GOP.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. He's using the color blue in his campaign to trick people into thinking he's a Democrat.