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Limbaugh Falsely Claims Stimulus Didn't Create A “Bunch Of New Jobs”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 02/17/11 1:32 PM EST

From the February 17 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Limbaugh's latest zombie lie: Stimulus “didn't create jobs -- not possible”

Hume falsely claims that the stimulus failed

NY Times' Leonhardt highlights what has worked in the stimulus

Bolling falsely claims only 595,000 jobs have been created by the stimulus

Fox & Friends falsely claims government says stimulus “has only created the 600,000 jobs”

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