Like everyone else, I was struck last night by ABC News decision to “live fact-check” the debate. This did not go well, with ABC repeatedly fact-checking Trump and also repeatedly giving Harris a pass on clearly false statements she made.
In addition to the debate moderators interjecting comments (or not) during the debate, ABC also published a list of fact-checks on its website. Let’s look at a couple of these.
HARRIS CLAIM: Harris said, “Trump left us the worst unemployment since the Great Depression.”
FACT-CHECK: Needs context
The unemployment rate peaked at 14.8% in April 2020 when Trump was in office – that was indeed the highest level since the Great Depression, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But unemployment rapidly declined to 6.4% in January 2021 by the time Trump left office, as the economy started to rebalance. And that 6.4% unemployment rate is still better…
