Fox News' Wallace falsely claimed "unemployment in 1937, 1938 was higher than it was in 1933"
January 21, 2009 12:21 pm ET
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SUMMARY: During a Fox News discussion about stimulus spending and the role New Deal programs and World War II played in ending the Great Depression, Chris Wallace falsely claimed that "unemployment in 1937, 1938 was higher than it was in 1933." In fact, even without including "emergency" public employment under the New Deal, the unemployment rate in 1937 and 1938 did not surpass the 1933 unemployment rate.
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