Fox & Friends Tries to ReWrite Economic History

Brian Kilmeade of Fox & Friends made the following factually-challenged statement regarding economic growth and unemployment, both things he spun in George W. Bush’s favor…
KILMEADE: I did not think the President was going to do this. He said, let’s just remember what I got when I walked in the door. What I had [...]

FoxNation Posts FY09 Budget Deficit Falsehood

The Fox Nation web site posted a headline reading, “Obama Triples Budget Deficit to $1.4 Trillion,” which linked to an AP article that suggested anything but that claim. The AP’s exact wording: “[t]he federal budget deficit tripled to a record $1.4 trillion for the 2009 fiscal year that ended last week.”

In fact, the article stated [...]