The account then tweeted \"apologies\" to Sanders for their \"miscommunication.\"
Sanders soon also took to Twitter to acknowledge the rare \"correction,\" though she wrongly insisted that the jobs numbers provided for Obama during the briefing \"were correct.\"
Several economists and former top Obama officials were quick to point out, however, that there were still basic flaws in the logic of the CEA's correction.
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PHOTO: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Aug. 14, 2018, where officials speak to reporters on recently repatriated remains from North Korea.
The graph measured employment numbers for President Obama and President Trump starting in November of 2008, and 2016, respectively, months before either president took office and began to implement their economic policies. Furthermore, President Obama entered office in the midst of the 2008 economic crisis when black unemployment was at 12.7%, while President Trump entered office in a period of sustained growth in the economy.
President Obama's former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman offered his own reaction expressing dismay at the CEA's handling of the controversy.
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