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The ad, produced by the No Going Back PAC, mistakenly used photographs of Myron Lizer, a Republican and former vice president of the Navajo Nation, instead of Nez, who is the former president of the Navajo Nation. The advertisement has since been pulled or corrected."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on ad's purpose"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"KPNX reported that the ad was a $3.2 million TV ad buy intended to defend Republican incumbent Eli Crane, suggesting the Arizona CD2 race was tightening. None of the other reports mentioned the ad's cost or its specific purpose beyond attacking Nez."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific amount of the TV ad buy, other than KPNX which stated it was $3.2 million. 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