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The Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, makes the mistake of granting an interview to Yahoo! News, which, rather than reporting on what he said in the interview, disagrees with it, and more or less tells readers that they should disagree, too:

McConnell claimed Wednesday that the president's plan to use the government to help boost the economy was a failure and that the economy has been "tepid for four straight years."

"Most of what he's done hasn't worked," McConnell said.

That claim conflicts with data showing that under Obama the economy has added jobs and corporate profits have grown, and with other positive factors that show an economy in a slow but gradual recovery despite a slight contraction in the gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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Fake Fact-Check
futureofcapitalism.com

The Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, makes the mistake of granting an interview to Yahoo! News, which, rather than reporting on what he said in the interview, disagrees with it, and more or less tells readers that they should disagree, too:

McConnell claimed Wednesday that the president's plan to use the government to help boost the economy was a failure and that the economy has been "tepid for four straight years."

"Most of what he's done hasn't worked," McConnell said.

That claim conflicts with data showing that under Obama the economy has added jobs and corporate profits have grown, and with other positive factors that show an economy in a slow but gradual recovery despite a slight contraction in the gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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