About Kevin

 

Click on Kevin's picture to learn more about Texas' 8th District Representative Kevin Brady (R) and click below to visit Kevin on Facebook!

Search
8th District Weather
Kevin on YouTube
Loading...
About Our Site

The Brady Briefing is your home for information on the Texas 8th District.  Keep tabs on Kevin, stay current on local news, keep up-to-date on the weather, check in for local sports scores and events.  It's all here!

Login
« Congressman Brady asks Secretary Geitner to Step Down | Main | The Fight Over Healthcare is Far from Over »
Tuesday
Nov172009

Examiner Editorial: Stop Lying About Those Stimulus Jobs!

Give the mainstream news media some credit: They have diligently dug into President Obama's fanciful boasts of job creation. When Obama claimed earlier this month that his $787 billion economic stimulus package had "saved or created" 640,000 jobs, a dozen news organizations pounced. They soon highlighted some of the most egregious cases of sketchy job creation in about 20 states.

From their reports, The Examiner has created an online interactive map for tracking exaggerated stimulus claims. So far, more than 75,000 jobs -- exceeding 10 percent of the total -- are either highly doubtful or clearly imaginary. In the coming weeks, we expect to add many thousands more to that total as other media organizations scrutinize stimulus grants in their areas...

To read the whole article click here and look below for the aforementioned map.

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>