{"id":1584786,"date":"2022-08-02T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584786"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:40:12","slug":"fact-check-did-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-praising-bidens-negative-growth-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-praising-bidens-negative-growth-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Atlantic Publish This Article Praising \u2018Biden\u2019s Negative Growth Economy\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-atlantic-publish-this-article-praising-bidens-negative-growth-economy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T141915Z_1_LYNXMPEI700US_RTROPTP_4_USA-COURT-NOMINEES-ABORTION-scaled-e1659365468491.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>An image <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jay.conrad.31\/posts\/pfbid02FdzGh4w9h6x3zxkDE5g4dqh4M7dbUsVWKDnb8wsgDQ3pDkeBBiQA2dNNvAs6Ngezl\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> purportedly shows an article from The Atlantic titled \u201cThe Quiet Courage of Biden\u2019s Negative Growth Economy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Verdict: False<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The article is digitally fabricated. A spokesperson for The Atlantic confirmed the outlet never published such a story.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. fell by 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, the second straight quarterly decline this year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/28\/gdp-q2-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>. President Joe Biden has reassured Americans that the country has not entered a recession despite weak economic data, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/29\/white-house-goes-on-offense-to-argue-that-the-us-is-not-in-a-recession-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook appears to show a screen grab of an article from The Atlantic praising Biden for the economic downturn. <span>\u201cThe Quiet Courage of Biden\u2019s Negative Growth Economy,\u201d reads the purported article\u2019s headline.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThis propaganda is weak and pathetic\u2026Moxie and Biden in the same sentence is a oxymoron,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p><span>The image shared on Facebook is digitally fabricated. The article cannot be found on The Atlantic\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/search\/?q=the+quiet+courage+of+biden%27s+negative+growth+economy\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span> or its verified <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/29259828486\/search\/?q=the%20quiet%20courage%20of%20biden%27s%20negative%20growth%20economy\"><span>social<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=the%20quiet%20courage%20of%20biden%27s%20negative%20growth%20economy%20%20(from%3ATheAtlantic)&#038;src=typed_query\"><span>media<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theatlantic\/?hl=en\"><span>accounts<\/span><\/a><span>. There are likewise no <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=the+quiet+courage+of+biden%27s+negative+growth+economy&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjy3prY4aX5AhU9EGIAHSwkCTkQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=722&#038;dpr=1.25\"><span>credible news reports<\/span><\/a><span> about The Atlantic or any other news outlet publishing such a headline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis image is fabricated, and is not an actual Atlantic article. (And we do not have an author by the name of Tim Nichols,)\u201d a spokesperson for The Atlantic told Check Your Fact in an email. <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/20\/fact-check-the-atlantic-article-joe-biden-bike\/\">(RELATED: Did The Atlantic Publish This Article About Joe Biden\u2019s Bike Fall?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a fake article from The Atlantic has gone viral. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/12\/fact-check-the-atlantic-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> an image appearing to show an article from the outlet titled \u201cLeave Hunter Alone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows an article from The Atlantic titled \u201cThe Quiet Courage of Biden\u2019s Negative Growth Economy.\u201d\u00a0Verdict: False The article is digitally fabricated. 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