A Fox Nation headline falsely claimed that President Obama called for “billions in new deficit spending” during his State of the Union speech, and linked to a FoxNews.com article that debunks its claim by including the president's statement that his proposals would not add to the deficit.

A Fox Nation post on the president's State of the Union speech declared in its headline: “Obama Pleads For Billions In New Deficit Spending.”

The post included this quote from Obama's speech: “Most of us agree that a plan to reduce the deficit must be part of our agenda. But let's be clear: deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan.” Fox Nation also noted that Obama pressed “for new spending aimed at helping the economy grow.”

But the FoxNews.com article that Fox Nation links to reported that Obama said his proposals would be “fully paid for” and included his statement that “nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime.”

The transcript of the president's speech shows that he did not call for “billions in new deficit spending” (emphasis added):