Claim: President Barack Obama made a couple of questionable claims during a recent interview with Steve Kroft of CBS' "60 Minutes." Obama said that "John McCain's former economist" said that the stimulus "created or saved 3 millions jobs." Mark Zandi did say that the stimulus created about that many jobs, but the registered Democrat was one of many advisers to McCain, not his chief economist. Obama also said "the majority of Republicans" believe there should be "a balanced approach to deficit reduction,
Fact-check: Suspect Claims from Obama's '60 Minutes' Interview - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president barack obama made a couple of questionable claims during a recent interview with steve kroft of cbs' "60 minutes." obama said that "john mccain's former economist" said that the stimulus "created or saved 3 millions jobs." mark zandi did say that the stimulus created about that many jobs, but the registered democrat was one of many advisers to mccain, not his chief economist. obama also said "the majority of republicans" believe there should be "a balanced approach to deficit reduction,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: D'Angelo Gore
Date published: 2011-12-13T00:07:31