Commonsense & Wonder: 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'