Remember a few weeks ago, when Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” aired a ridiculously misleading on-air graphic about President Obama’s jobs record? Today, they aired a sequel.
In this visual, viewers are told government spending has soared over the last three years. This point might be more interesting, if only it were accurate.
Like the Fox graphic from two weeks ago, the network’s graphics department got the politically-motived result they wanted by making another apples-to-oranges comparison. As Sahil Kapur explained:
In fact, the 2008 and 2009 figures reflect federal spending growth pegged to federal revenue, while the 2010-2013 figures counted spending growth as a share of the economy.









