WCBS radio’s Wayne Cabot interviews FactCheck.org Deputy Managing Editor Rob Farley about President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address.
Farley discussed these statements made by the president in his annual speech to Congress:
- “[O]ver the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs.”
- The United States is “the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave.”
- The U.S. is the “only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee … paid maternity leave to our workers.”
- “[M]ore than half of manufacturing executives have said they’re actively looking to bring jobs back from China.”
For our full article on this topic see “FactChecking Obama’s State of the Union.”