“The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.”
Social media posts
social media. Claim dated 25 Jul 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The White House blog post cited in the Instagram post is not only accurate about what the official definition of a recession is, but it’s also citing the longstanding definition, not something suddenly cooked up.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 July 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 July 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CgcGPx1gz-o/
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