This afternoon, Fox News’s Martha MacCallum introduced a segment highlighting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer’s claim yesterday that the “fundamentals of the economy are sound.” “After weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune,” MacCallum said.
She then played clips of Romer and other administration officials making seemingly positive comments about the current state of the economy
One of the clips was of Vice President Biden saying, “The fundamentals of the economy are strong!”
After the segment, MacCallum said, “All right, well the mantra for the weekend is clear
looking at what was said over the course of the shows on Sunday.” Watch it:
But the clip of Biden seemingly making a recent remark about the strength of the economy is grossly inaccurate
The Biden statement was actually from last September
Apparently, dishonestly rewriting history is perfectly acceptable at Fox now
clipped from: thinkprogress.org