Fox News isn't even trying to pretend anymore ... from Media Matters:
In purporting to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery plan "grew, and grew, and grew," Fox News' Jon Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release. A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican press release.
Now, maybe it's a coincidence that on the same day it was released, Fox News just happened to cite seven stories that were included in a Senate Republican Communication Center press release, but what are the odds that they'd both include the same mistake?
From Fox News:
And from the press release:
$775 BILLION
WALL STREET JOURNAL: “President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is crafting a stimulus package to send to Congress worth between $675 billion and $775 billion over two years, according to officials familiar with the package...” (“Stimulus Package Heads Toward $850 Billion,” The Wall Street Journal, 12/19/09)
But the Wall Street Journal article was published on December 18th.
Oops. The devil really is in the detail, eh?
And as Rusty5329 points out, it should be 2008.