‘What a Shitty, Shitty Tweet’: Fox Takes Heat Over ‘Dishonest’ Graphic on Trump’s Job Numbers
Fox News put out a couple of news graphics on Twitter today, and it would seem that a a lot of people are not impressed by the “stupid” and “egregiously dishonest” messaging they were trying to convey.
The network tweeted several graphics on Saturday where they compared President Donald Trump‘s economic growth and job numbers to the first 100 days of past presidents:
Jobless rate after first 3 months: Trump vs. Obama vs. Bush vs. Clinton. pic.twitter.com/EUTEseJyTj
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 29, 2017
Jobs added during first 2 months – Trump vs. Obama vs. Bush vs. Clinton. pic.twitter.com/W7AXoDerVu
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 29, 2017
Typically, the job numbers and economic effect of a new presidency are difficult to determine in the first three months, due to the ongoing impact of policies from the previous administration. It is also prudent to note that former president Barack Obama took office while the global economy was facing major decline due to the effects of the Great Recession.
In any case, Fox’s tweets got plenty of notice, and people were not happy with what they were presenting:
Imagine how much contempt and disrespect Fox News must have for their own viewers to show them this. https://t.co/YoygrBT5w2
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) April 29, 2017
Mind blowingly useless tweet https://t.co/RwX1z6WSru
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) April 29, 2017
This is deeply, ludicrously, egregiously dishonest. Unemployment after 100 days is still mostly the consequence of the previous admin. https://t.co/K9IKbpNnri
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) April 29, 2017
Translation: Obama cut Bush's unemployment rate by half. https://t.co/FDIuPWpOOd
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews What a shitty, shitty tweet. You guys are a joke of a news organization.https://t.co/7Msh5y7sui
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews What a stupid comparison… Obama inherited Bush's & Trump inherited Obama's. The rate of job growth has declined 50% (!) under Trump.
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews This is a bad tweet.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 29, 2017
are we even surprised anymore that fox news tweets stupid stuff https://t.co/yYNx2NCSWM
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) April 29, 2017
@FoxNews What's the difference between state run media in North Korea, and this?
— Patrick McGee (@PatrickMcGee_) April 29, 2017
From our own Jon Levine:
This is insanely misleading https://t.co/yY4ErihLtn
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) April 29, 2017
News is dead https://t.co/XJDbPnngHK
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) April 29, 2017
Even Fox’s own Julie Roginsky pointed out the element of fallacy:
So Democratic presidents have inherited economic messes and have left the economy in much better shape for their GOP successors. Got it. https://t.co/wgbtjj5XXE
— Julie Roginsky (@julieroginsky) April 29, 2017
Multiple economic reports have noted that that America’s gross domestic product saw a growth rate 0.7% in the first quarter, the slowest pace it has seen in three years.
[Image via screengrab]
— —
