Birdwatch Archive

Birdwatch Note

2023-07-05 03:48:49 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Albanese states he wants to “make sure that every dollar of spending is done in a way that takes pressure off inflation”. This is literally impossible and therefore false - as the largest cause of inflation is government spending. https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-spending-fuels-inflation-covid-relief-pandemic-debt-federal-reserve-stimulus-powell-biden-stagflation-11645202057 https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/heritage-explains/the-real-story-behind-inflation

Written by 21C5F83BAAC0A6F0686CE647FF8B32B1F194646BD713B0CB4708D51AA6B605B5
Participant Details

All Information

• ID - 1676437955517485056
• noteId - 1676437955517485056
• participantId -
• noteAuthorParticipantId - 21C5F83BAAC0A6F0686CE647FF8B32B1F194646BD713B0CB4708D51AA6B605B5 Participant Details
• createdAtMillis - 1688528929964
• tweetId - 1676394945438162944
• classification - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
• believable -
• harmful -
• validationDifficulty -
• misleadingOther - 0
• misleadingFactualError - 1
• misleadingManipulatedMedia - 0
• misleadingOutdatedInformation - 0
• misleadingMissingImportantContext - 1
• misleadingUnverifiedClaimAsFact - 1
• misleadingSatire - 0
• notMisleadingOther - 0
• notMisleadingFactuallyCorrect - 0
• notMisleadingOutdatedButNotWhenWritten - 0
• notMisleadingClearlySatire - 0
• notMisleadingPersonalOpinion - 0
• trustworthySources - 1
• summary
• Albanese states he wants to “make sure that every dollar of spending is done in a way that takes pressure off inflation”. This is literally impossible and therefore false - as the largest cause of inflation is government spending. https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-spending-fuels-inflation-covid-relief-pandemic-debt-federal-reserve-stimulus-powell-biden-stagflation-11645202057 https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/heritage-explains/the-real-story-behind-inflation