This Washington Times article is why you can't trust any reporting service, TV or newspaper. Figures lie, and liars figure. When you start counting debt increase from day one on Obama's presidency, you have no interest in reporting the truth. The very real question is what did President Obama do in his first 27 days of presidency that caused as debt increase of 789 billion dollars? Second question, what was the condition of the economy, when he took office?

Unless you take into consideration these two items, you are not being honest tagging all the debt increase on his policies. Has Obama's policies increased national debt? Of course, they have, but not to the extent he is being charged with. The following are dates and amounts of the debt increases
September 29, 2007 9,815 +850 Pub.L. 110–91
June 5, 2008 10,615 +800 Pub.L. 110–289
October 3, 2008 11,315[31] +700 Pub.L. 110–343
February 17, 2009 12,104[32] +789 Pub.L. 111–5
December 24, 2009 12,394 +290 Pub.L. 111–123
February 12, 2010 14,294 +1,900 Pub

It appears that 2,989 trillion (14,294-11,315) was a result of the great recession.