CNN's 'Fact Checkers' Rush to Give Obama Credit For Good Economy

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CNN's 'Fact Checkers' Rush to Give Obama Credit For Good Economy
By Alex Christy | February 6, 2020 6:20 AM EST

John Harwood and CNN Newsroom co-host Jim Sciutto took it upon themselves on Wednesday to fact check President Trump's State of the Union Address, but instead of simply fact-checks, the two qualified Trump's true statements with their own opinions and multiple "yeah, but" verdicts.

One assertion that Sciutto asked Harwood to fact-check was President Trump's claim that since his election, "we've created 7 million new jobs." It's a rather simple fact-check, either there have been 7 million new jobs or there hasn't (NBC put the number at 6.7, a rounding error), but Harwood credited President Obama for the Trump record:

 
Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2020/02/06/cnn-newsrooms-fact-checkers-give-obama-credit-good-economy

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[skeeter]

CNN can rush all they like, it ain't gonna grow their diminishing audience.

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Then let the Democrats run on returning to the BHO era and reinstating all his policies and see if that sells with the electorate