Like most here, I have a day job. However, I do have time for the occasional email repartee with wingnuts. As a regular here and on other blogs, I'm pretty well-informed, and can usually come up with facts to counter the lies I'm sent.
Today I was sent the following from Investor's Business Daily. I'm aware that they are a rabid right wing rag and the article is almost certainly bullshit, but I can't spend hours during the day doing my own research to rebut it.
Did Obama Really Prevent A Second Great Depression?
By JOHN MERLINE, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 06/20/2011 05:54 PM ET
It has become a common refrain at the White House and among administration supporters that President Obama's aggressive efforts to stimulate growth prevented an economic catastrophe.
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But is it an accurate portrayal of what really happened?
IBD reviewed records of economic forecasts made just before Obama signed the stimulus bill into law, as well as economic data and monthly stimulus spending data from around that time, and reviews of the stimulus bill itself.
The conclusion is that in claiming to have staved off a Depression, the White House and its supporters seem to be engaging in a bit of historical revisionism.
It would be very helpful to have quick access to anything that rebuts this stuff, so that the right wing themes at least get challenged before they're spread.
I did a similar diary last week, about a claim relating to jobs created during the stimulus. I received some helpful responses, but a more systematic, "bullet point" rebuttal to all of these would be helpful. Maybe a regular diary or FP feature that concentrates on rebutting the latest lies.
What do you think? And has anyone seen or done a point-by-point rebuttal of the Investor's Business Daily article linked above?
Thanks!