Rove and Hannity advance myth that stimulus failed to increase employment Written by Media Matters Staff Published 02/16/10 9:55 PM EST From the February 16 edition of Fox News' Hannity: Video file Previously: 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” Quick Fact: Hannity falsely claims Obama “created” the “massive deficit” and that “stimulus is a failure” Quick Fact: Fox & Friends promotes GOP attack over job losses since stimulus, ignoring estimates that it saved jobs
