Claim: Fox News host Chris Wallace caught Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi drastically overstating the employment situation on January 18: PELOSI: But in terms of what we have to do in the first 100 days, we must address the needs of this country. Five hundred million people will lose their jobs each month until we have an economic package. WALLACE: No, 500,000. PELOSI: What did I say, million? WALLACE: Yes, 500 million. That would really be a recession.
Fact-check: Now THAT'S an Unemployment Crisis! - FactCheck.org
Verdict: fox news host chris wallace caught speaker of the house nancy pelosi drastically overstating the employment situation on january 18: pelosi: but in terms of what we have to do in the first 100 days, we must address the needs of this country. five hundred million people will lose their jobs each month until we have an economic package. wallace: no, 500,000. pelosi: what did i say, million? wallace: yes, 500 million. that would really be a recession.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2009-02-04T16:47:16