http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/24/food-stamp-program-hits-historic-low-for-waste/200203
Fox News misleadingly attacked the federal food stamp program for being wasteful and unaccountable despite reports that the program achieved the lowest payment error rate in its history in the most recently available data.
Fox New complained about the findings of a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on quality control in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as food stamps. The USDA report clearly states that the 2012 fiscal year was "another year of excellent performance in payment accuracy" before noting that the most recent payment error rate of 3.42 percent was once again "the lowest National payment error rate in the history of SNAP."
On the July 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade cast the findings in a negative light, stressing that "the government is overpaying on food stamps by about $2 billion." Co-host Steve Doocy then questioned whether the Obama administration could "be trusted with more money," given the overpayments. Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney went on to chastise the Department of Agriculture for labeling the food-stamp payment error rate of 3.42 percent "excellent," wondering aloud "since when has that been good?"
Fox News' mischaracterization of the SNAP report continued throughout the day. On Happening Now, co-host Jenna Lee called the USDA report "startling" and said that "the administration is having a tough time managing its funds." On The Real Story, host Gretchen Carlson claimed that federal spending on nutrition assistance was "reaching a breaking point" before highlighting the growth of participation in the food stamp program since 2007.
Far from indicating a managerial flaw in the Obama administration, the 2012 payment error rate in SNAP is evidence of success in rooting out improper payments. According to the report being derided on Fox News, the national payment error rate in SNAP during President Obama's first year in office was 4.36 percent. That error rate then fell to 3.81, 3.80, and 3.42 percent in fiscal years 2010-2012, respectively.
have you ever asked yourself why right wing media only reports doom and gloom and the failure of Pres. he's not leading, while non right wing media post documentation of the truth of growth and things no where near as bad as they claim? well they are either ashamed of the lies they have been telling the last 6 years which I doubt or they think the public outside their base is just as thick and will believe them,
the polls cited by both sides paint a picture that proves that to be true, so we should stop blaming Fox et al and put it where it belongs first on this admin for not countering attacks with rebuttals before recently, the Dem party for disloyalty to Pres. in favor of their re-election and finally and mostly responsible, "we the voting people", we need to lose that low turn out mantra we wear around our necks and show up to show them we are here and we are not going anywhere but they are Nov. 4th our deadline our redline in the sand do we defend or do we cower in our living rooms watching TV while state after state claims them as winners?
