Claim: Yesterday President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, and made some remarks that could use a bit of context and explanation. Obama said that "billions have been lifted from poverty." Though he didn't provide a time frame, he was discussing the effects of the United Nations and the Marshall Plan, both of which began in the late 1940s. We haven't been able to find any reliable statistics that go back that far,
Fact-check: A Short Piece on Obama's Peace Speech - FactCheck.org
Verdict: yesterday president barack obama accepted the nobel peace prize in oslo, norway, and made some remarks that could use a bit of context and explanation. obama said that "billions have been lifted from poverty." though he didn't provide a time frame, he was discussing the effects of the united nations and the marshall plan, both of which began in the late 1940s. we haven't been able to find any reliable statistics that go back that far,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Justin Bank
Date published: 2009-12-11T17:52:36