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Chris Matthews Says 'Unemployment Was Well Past 10%' When Obama Took Office - It Was Only 7.8%
NewsBusters.org ^ | September 22, 2012 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 09/22/2012 9:31:14 AM PDT by Kaslin

"When your guy left town, Dubya - who nobody asked him to come back by the way at the Republican convention - unemployment was well past ten percent and skyrocketing."

So falsely said MSNBC's Chris Matthews to conservative talk radio host Roger Hedgecock on HBO's Real Time Friday (video follows with commentary):

Chris Matthews Says 'Unemployment Was Well Past 10%' When Obama Took Office - It Was Only 7.8%

Well past ten percent? Hardly!

According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent in January 2009 when George W. Bush left office. It didn't get to ten percent until October of that year:

This is an indisputable fact. There's no grey area here. Unemployment was at 7.8 percent in January 2009.

Yet Chris Matthews, a long-time commentator for NBC News who infamously bragged about Obama giving him a thrill up his leg while proudly claiming right after the 2008 elections that it was his job to make the new president successful, went on national television Friday and said "unemployment was well past ten percent" when Bush left office.

Is this the caliber of reporting NBC News wants?

Consider that this is the same so-called "news outlet" that earlier this year was caught editing George Zimmerman's 911 phone call to make him look like a racist.

A few months later, long-time NBC staple Andrea Mitchell played a selectively-edited video on her MSNBC program that depicted Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as an out of touch moron

Is this the behavior of a news outlet or a propaganda arm?

Do the executives at NBC News support one of their employees going on a nationally-televised program speaking undeniable falsehoods?

Maybe they should be mindful of Gallup's poll released Friday finding the public's distrust in media is at an all-time high.

Members of the press speaking verifiable untruths on television go directly to undermining the public's trust in the media.

If NBC News wants to be taken at all seriously, it needs to immediately address what Matthews said Friday.

No company in any industry should tolerate its employees misrepresenting the truth to the public.

In fact, in any other industry in this country, such behavior would result in serious repercussions to the offending party up to and including termination.

Are so-called "journalists" above this nation's truth requirements in dealing with the public all because they're toeing the Democratic Party line?

Members of the press speaking verifiable untruths on television go directly to undermining the public's trust in the media.

If NBC News wants to be taken at all seriously, it needs to immediately address what Matthews said Friday.

No company in any industry should tolerate its employees misrepresenting the truth to the public.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: chrismatthews; enemedia; leftwinglunatic; mediabias; medialies
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To: plain talk

Bush’s worst employment numbers came on the same day as Obama’s best numbers: 20 January 2009.


21 posted on 09/22/2012 10:31:38 AM PDT by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: Kaslin

But can we expect Reince Priebus to run a series of ads to that effect?

The RNC seriously needs to hammer home that fact that the economic downturn coincides with the election of more Democrats to the congressional houses. Show charts, show pictures of the lefty freaks, show news headlines, anything to ge the word out that electing Democrats is a sure-fire way to have things get worse.


22 posted on 09/22/2012 10:32:44 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad
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To: Iron Munro

But Sissy Matthews like to buttress his opinions with whatever factoids are at hand. Facts, after all, are whatever Sissy says they are. As Humpty Dumpty said, if I say something to you three times, that means it is true.


23 posted on 09/22/2012 10:34:29 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is neo-lysenkoism.)
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To: Kaslin

Chris Matthews took a vacation at a dude ranch. There was a morning trail ride, but Chris was running late because of his usual morning hangover. All the horses were out, so one of the cowboys saddled up a mule for Chris to ride. A mother and daughter were walking by as Chris started out. The mule was a bit skittish and backed up close to the girl.

“Look out for that horse’s ass!”, the mother yelled.

The cowboy said, “That thar is a mule, ma’am.”

“I know that’s a mule”, she replied. “I was warning her about the horse’s ass riding the mule.”


24 posted on 09/22/2012 10:39:17 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Kaslin

Chris Matthews took a vacation at a dude ranch. There was a morning trail ride, but Chris was running late because of his usual morning hangover. All the horses were out, so one of the cowboys saddled up a mule for Chris to ride. A mother and daughter were walking by as Chris started out. The mule was a bit skittish and backed up close to the girl.

“Look out for that horse’s ass!”, the mother yelled.

The cowboy said, “That thar is a mule, ma’am.”

“I know that’s a mule”, she replied. “I was warning her about the horse’s ass riding the mule.”


25 posted on 09/22/2012 10:39:44 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Kaslin

and apparently the Democrats did not control Congress before 2010 either.

lol.

Rewriting history again


26 posted on 09/22/2012 11:20:14 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Kaslin

If pissy chrissy “says” then satan wrote it for him.

LLS


27 posted on 09/22/2012 12:07:20 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("if it looks like you are not gonna make it you gotta get mean, I mean plumb mad-dog mean" J. Wales)
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To: Kaslin

Unfortunately Matthews was not among them.


28 posted on 09/23/2012 1:29:27 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: Kaslin

29 posted on 10/04/2012 3:31:58 PM PDT by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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