Koch Group Abandons Obamacare 'Horror' Stories After Fact-Check Backlash

[DonViejo]

DYLAN SCOTT – MARCH 17, 2014, 10:55 AM EDT

Have we heard the last Obamacare "horror" story? If new ads from the Koch Brothers-backed group are any indication, we might have.

Americans for Prosperity, the well-funded conservative group that has been attacking Democrats in battleground states over the health care reform law, put out TV ads Monday against Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Mark Udall (D-CO).

But what's notable about the ads is what they aren't: A personalized story of someone who's been negatively affected by Obamacare, the kind of verifiable set of facts that can be checked -- and rebutted, as happened with a recent AFP ad that led to significant backlash from the fact-checking community.

"People don't like political ads. I don't like them either," a woman tells the camera to start AFP's new ads, announced Monday by the group. "But health care isn't about politics. It's about people."

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. That one's been run almost hourly here for the last 6 weeks. I just reply to the

TV, "I don't like liars either" when she lists that 10's of millions have lost their coverage and seen premiums become un affordable.

Being run here against Sen. Mark Pryor.