Here's one thing to note about Chris Matthews's
MSNBC show "Hardball": it airs at 5 pm ET, but then that show is
recorded and rebroadcast at 7 pm ET. That's important because it raises a
question: If you make a mistake at 5, will it show up at 7? We seem to
have our answer now -- no.
The ever-vigilant team over at NewsBusters noticed that during the 5 pm show, Matthews made the "preposterous" claim that Barack Obama
added only 13 people to the federal workforce between 2009 and 2010. He
used the figures to defend the president against criticism that he's
expanding government jobs
while the private sector is shrinking. But there's only one problem:
MSNBC and Matthews misread the numbers, and even aired the wrong
figures. And they must have noticed it, because the 7pm broadcast had
brand new audio for the relevant section.
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