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Poster girl representing hard-working, low-paid American for Obama's new Organizing for Action ad is actually a British woman on London train

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
5 February 2014

In a new ad by a political action group affiliated with President Barack Obama urging the U.S. Congress to raise the minimum wage, one of the featured hardworking, underpaid taxpayers is not like the other.
According to UK's Telegraph, Organizing for America used what appears to be stock footage showing a woman on London's Overground commuter train.
The 30-second TV spot set to stirring music, which premiered this week, begins with a shot of a man in a cowboy hat driving a car, followed by a glimpse of the blonde Londoner sipping coffee cup and looking anxiously out the window.
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Not all-American; This blonde commuter featured in a new ad by Organizing for America urging Congress to boost the minimum wage is actually a British woman aboard a London Overground train+7
Not all-American; This blonde commuter featured in a new ad by Organizing for America urging Congress to boost the minimum wage is actually a British woman aboard a London Overground train
Looks familiar: it appears that President Obama's political actin group used stock footage provided by the photo agency Corbis, which also has still images (pictured) featuring the same woman labeled 'British businesswoman on London Overground train'+7
Looks familiar: it appears that President Obama's political actin group used stock footage provided by the photo agency Corbis, which also has still images (pictured) featuring the same woman labeled 'British businesswoman on London Overground train'
Tell-tale signs: In the video, the train car is empty enough to catch a glimpse of the unmistakable London Overground yellow seats and railings+7
Tell-tale signs: In the video, the train car is empty enough to catch a glimpse of the unmistakable London Overground yellow seats and railings
The British paper pointed out that the train car where the young woman is standing is empty enough to plainly see the unmistakable yellow chairs and railings typical of Overground trains that run between central London and the suburbs.
Over the straphanger's shoulder, a corner of a transit map could be seen showing Overground’s eastern-most stations.

MailOnline can now reveal that Organizing for America used a clip from the photo agency Corbis. Still images of the same blonde woman in a black blazer and button-down shirt were captioned 'businesswoman traveling on London Overground train.
Organizing for Action was formed from the remnants of Obama’s successful 2012 re-election campaign. The group operates as a nonprofit and raised more than $26million last year.

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