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Stimulus: How to Know If It’s Working

February 11, 2009 BUSINESS WEEK Consumer confidence and job creation may be slow to emerge and hard to measure, but boosts in umemployment benefits and food stamps will be fast acting By Moira Herbst At his first prime-time press conference, President Obama was asked a central question about the $800 billion-plus economic stimulus package: How […]

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Numerous Myths and Falsehoods Advanced by the Media in Their Coverage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Media Matters for America previously identified numerous myths and falsehoods advanced by the media in their coverage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As debate on the bill continues in Congress, other myths and falsehoods advanced by the media about the recovery package have risen to prominence. These myths and falsehoods include: the assertion […]

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