{"id":63204,"date":"2022-08-01T09:10:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63204"},"modified":"2022-08-01T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:10:47","slug":"we-live-in-an-orwellian-hell-scape-facebook-fact-checks-top-economist-for-stating-america-is-in-a-recession-after-biden-refused-to-admit-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63204","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We live in an Orwellian hell-scape&#8217;: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11065811\/We-live-Orwellian-hell-scape-economist-lashes-Facebook-fact-checking-recession.html#readerCommentsCommand-message-field\">&#8216;We live in an Orwellian hell-scape&#8217;: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, believes the U.S. is in a recession<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Economists usually say it is a recession when two successive quarters have seen negative growth: data on Thursday showed the definition had been met<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The White House is instead relying on an &#8216;official declaration&#8217; from the\u00a0the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which can be very slow<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Magness&#8217;s post on Facebook about the U.S. being in a recession was fact-checked by Facebook and a warning posted online<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>&#8216;We live in an Orwellian hell-scape,&#8217; he tweeted. &#8216;Facebook is now &#8216;fact checking&#8217; anyone who questions the White House&#8217;s word-games&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Facebook placed a &#8216;fact-checking&#8217; label on a post written by a top economist stating that the United States is now in a recession &#8211; a move he termed &#8216;Orwellian&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two consecutive quarters of negative growth is the standard definition of a recession, and Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, posted on\u00a0<a id=\"mol-edeca5b0-1084-11ed-8f48-d904d7468df1\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/facebook\/index.html\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0a commentary about the country now being in a recession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The post &#8211; which is no longer visible &#8211; was marked by Facebook&#8217;s fact checkers as being misleading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We live in an Orwellian hell-scape,&#8217; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Facebook is now &#8216;fact checking&#8217; anyone who questions the White House&#8217;s word-games about the definition of a recession.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b9c843cca77ccc1b\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/31\/04\/60891529-11065811-image-a-11_1659239027573.jpg\" alt=\"Biden on Thursday (pictured) insisted that the country was not in a recession, despite new data showing a second consecutive quarter with negative growth\" width=\"634\" height=\"348\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Biden on Thursday (pictured) insisted that the country was not in a recession, despite new data showing a second consecutive quarter with negative growth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7cb83e753af69f3e\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/07\/31\/04\/60891533-11065811-image-m-8_1659239010085.jpg\" alt=\"Phillip Magness, an economic historian, believes the U.S. is in recession - but the White House disagrees\" width=\"634\" height=\"569\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Phillip Magness, an economic historian, believes the U.S. is in recession &#8211; 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