Sunday, July 31, 2022

Magness's post on Facebook about the U.S. being in a recession was fact-checked by Facebook and a warning posted online


'We live in an Orwellian hell-scape': Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it

  • Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, believes the U.S. is in a recession
  • Economists usually say it is a recession when two successive quarters have seen negative growth: data on Thursday showed the definition had been met
  • The White House is instead relying on an 'official declaration' from the the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which can be very slow
  • Magness's post on Facebook about the U.S. being in a recession was fact-checked by Facebook and a warning posted online
  • 'We live in an Orwellian hell-scape,' he tweeted. 'Facebook is now 'fact checking' anyone who questions the White House's word-games' 

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