In a Sept. 25 NewsBusters post, Noel Sheppard touted the “weekly smackdown” issued by Charles Krauthammer over the effectiveness of President Obama’s stimulus plan. But Sheppard is curiously silent about Krauthammer’s false claim that there has been “a half a million increase” in government jobs under Obama.
In fact, only 46,000 federal workers appear to have been added on Obama’s watch. The remainder were temporary census jobs that no longer exist.
Ironically, the video clip accompanying Sheppard’s post begins with the logo from the MRC’s dubious “Tell the Truth” campaign. Apparently, Sheppard and the MRC won’t be holding the likes of Krauthammer to such standards — if they’re smacking down people, the truth doesn’t matter.
Then again, bullying its political enemies is what the MRC’s campaign is all about.