"The recession of the national economy"?

“The recession of the national economy”?
Click image and read the assertion (from 3/12/08):

Click here and examine the facts.
Will SP&T EVER print a correction?

The “original sin” was the stealth embedding of opinion within “straight news”.

At this point, the data demonstrate with virtual certainty that the
economy was NOT in a recession at the time the article was published.

Therefore, it seems a virtual certainty that a correction is NOW
needed in order to correct, not just the stealth embedding of opinion inside
“straight news”, but the printing of a FACTUAL INACCURACY!