Fact-checking ABC News’ “This Week”
The economy was a major topic on ABC News' This Week. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that the economy is recovering, and we know this because "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector." We checked the numbers and found job growth has been positive this year, so we rated his statement True. We also looked into a statement from conservative pundit Stephen Hayes about the Obama administration's plan to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. Hayes said, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." We looked into the numbers ... >>More