A screengrab of a news article by the Atlantic is going viral on social media platforms. The heading of the article was “The quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy.” And, subheading was, “In an era of unchecked economic prosperity, one man had the moxie to pump the brakes to save us from ourselves.”
Further, sharing the screengrab on his Twitter handle author, filmmaker, and host of the Dinesh D’Souza Podcast., Dinesh D’Souza wrote, ‘This is NOT a parody @TheAtlantic.”
Similarly, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, Matt Rinaldi wrote, “The Atlantic: Causing poverty is stunning and brave.”
Many other social media users have shared the screengrab with a similar claim.
Fact Check
To know the reality of the viral screengrab we first check the official website of the Atlantic with the related keywords but we did not find any article with the same heading.
Moreover, the name of the author shown in the screengrab is Tim Nichols. We searched for him on the website but this time also we did not find any article by this author.
Moreover, we also did keyword search the official Twitter account of The Atlantic(@TheAtlantic) but there is no such article present there.
Conclusion
Therefore, from this DFRAC fact check it is clear that there is no such article present on the site of the Atlantic. Hence, users are sharing a fake article
| Claim: The quiet Courage of Biden’s Negative Growth Economy published by The Atlantic Claimed by: social media users. Fact check: Fake |
