Accuracy in Media

So much for standing firm on cutting government spending via sequestration, GOP.

GOP congressman Randy Forbes, whose district covers the Norfolk naval base, was interviewed by the Washington Examiner and elaborated why the U.S. Navy could be having problems sooner rather than later.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is blaring the warning signs of America’s impending default, where the American government may not be able to pay its bills. Reuters reports that the new timetable is mid-October, as Obama’s Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced this past weekend. Lew warned that “Congress should act as soon as possible to […]

WASHINGTON — This past Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that the effects of the sequestration will now put civilian workers on unpaid leave for 11 days. Obama has now backed himself into a political corner over the sequester. Reuters gives the details of the policy, that most of the Department of Defense’s […]

The Washington Post Fact Checker gave President Obama four Pinocchios for falsely claiming that Captiol Hill janitors will receive a pay cut due to sequestration, in an attempt to blame Republicans for the spending cuts that took effect at the beginning of the month. Starting tomorrow, everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the […]

Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi  told anchor Chris Wallace that the discussions about the budget should not be overly focused on spending cuts. Pelosi told Wallace that there have been plenty of spending cuts and as a result, “it’s almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem. […]