As NewsBusters has been reporting, Obama-loving media have been very quick to point out how recent unemployment reports from the Labor Department, though showing HUGE job losses, have been better than analysts expected.
The most absurd example was two months ago when a 539,000 decrease in nonfarm payrolls was applauded by many media outlets as being good news.
With that in mind, the Labor Department announced Thursday that job losses in June were far greater than analysts had forecast, making one wonder how the Obama-loving media will spin this positively.
Consider that as you read Bloomberg's early take:
Employers in the U.S. cut 467,000 jobs in June, the unemployment rate rose and hourly earnings stagnated, offering little evidence the Obama administration’s stimulus package is shoring up the labor market.
The payroll decline was more than forecast and followed a 322,000 drop in May, according to Labor Department figures released today in Washington. The jobless rate jumped to 9.5 percent, the highest since August 1983, from 9.4 percent. [...]
Payrolls were forecast to drop 365,000 after a 345,000 decrease initially reported for May, according to the median of 79 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Estimates ranged from declines of 150,000 to 500,000. Job losses peaked at 741,000 in January, the most since 1949.
The jobless rate was projected to climb to 9.6 percent from 9.4 percent. Forecasts ranged from 9.3 percent to 9.7 percent. By the end of the year, unemployment will reach 10 percent, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed last month.
The world’s largest economy has lost about 6.5 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007. That’s the biggest drop in any post-World War II economic slump. [...]
Today’s report also showed the average work week fell to 33 hours, the lowest level since records began in 1964, from 33.1 hours in May. Average weekly hours worked by production workers rose to 39.5 hours from 39.4 hours, while overtime held at 2.8 hours. That brought the average weekly earnings down to $611.49 from $613.34.
As you can see, none of this was good news...but will Obama's media report it that way?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.




















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Not when there is a
July 2, 2009 - 08:46 ET by taterNot when there is a celebrity's death to report!
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"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia
The real inconvenient
July 2, 2009 - 08:54 ET by d1carterThe real inconvenient truth....
When Bush was
July 2, 2009 - 08:54 ET by gopsteveWhen Bush was president:
"200,000 jobs were added to the economy last month...BUT...(followed by warnings that it was not as good as it seems)."
With Obama:
"400,000 jobs were lost last month...BUT...(followed by rosy predictions of how things will get better soon),"
BINGO!
July 2, 2009 - 09:00 ET by P.J. GladnickBINGO!
Exactly. Headline under
July 2, 2009 - 09:53 ET by mattmExactly.
Headline under Bush: "Job Growth Slows"
Headline unde Oslumlord: "Job Losses Show Signs of Slowing"
The MSM is...
July 2, 2009 - 09:00 ET by RoloTfiguring out how to blame Bush. These numbers are dreadful and it looks like the idiots on wall street are finally getting the message. The pathetic "these numbers aren't as horrible as we thought they would be" attitude may be coming to an end.
They'll just pick...
July 2, 2009 - 09:00 ET by Apodictic... an exaggerated number so the real number pales by comparison. Next month they'll anticipate 1M job losses, so when it comes in at 700K it will be "less than expected." BTW, the "expected" number is always reported retrospectivly.
Actually, the Not
July 2, 2009 - 09:20 ET by dscottActually, the Not Seasonally Adjusted data showed 1,122,000 more people were unemployed in June than in May.
May 2009 - 13,973 (9.1%) vs June 2009 - 15,095 (9.7%)
What's a few hundred thousand?
http://www.bls.gov/n...
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Was watching CNN report on this an hour ago
July 2, 2009 - 09:00 ET by krendlerDon't remember the anchorwoman's name, but she was discussing these new numbers with one of CNN's financial reporters.
The tone of voice and body language said it all.
Gone was the outright glee we witnessed when Bush was in office (and Obama was campaigning) and bad numbers came out. There was none of the wide-eyed enthusiasm we saw earlier this year when the lefty talking heads would simply dismiss bad numbers with "well, if you wanted any more evidence as to why the stimulus is needed, there you have it."
This morning, the anchorwoman actually sounded nervous, timid, like..."uh oh, I'm not sure throwing a trillion $ at this helped."
Fascinating to watch these slow-witted imbeciles. They want socialism. But they also want to go out and buy the latest version of the iPhone every 12 months.
Barry's giving another talk later today to keep everyone in line and give the reporters their talking points: Everything's going great...and I don't want to hear anymore of this "It's not working stuff. The stimulus has already done its job."
Amateur Hour at the White House continues.
Stuart Varney had some left
July 2, 2009 - 09:03 ET by Radical1979Stuart Varney had some left wing guy on FNC yesterday asking about this. The guy kept insisting the job of the president was to be positive. Varney would argue that with the job losses the president has to do more than be positive, he has to explain why we continue to have job losses after the massive spending/stimulus bill. The guy kept talking about "the leader has to be positive" and tried to talk about the deficit under Bush. Varney would have none of it. He said it's now Obama's deficit and how can the pres justify these numbers after the stimulus bill. It was great.
Butt Kicking Video
July 2, 2009 - 09:22 ET by dscottStuart Varney (subbing for Neil Cavuto) vs Mike Papantonio of Air America,
pay attention to the excuses and spin put forth. Stuart does an
excellent job of calling him on the fairytail spinning. The bigger
message though is the lengths the administration is downplaying the
failure of the stimulus package.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdmdkwWI7Sg&feature=player_embedded
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Our economy is headed straight for a depression
July 2, 2009 - 09:26 ET by R D HelmAs for these government-educated, so-called "economists" who are running around saying they see a recovery just around the corner, they should all be arrested and stiffly fined for gross professional malpractice.
Tarp, Porkulus, Crap & Tax, and ObamaCare, along with the financial trian-wreck that is Social InSecurity, MediCare, and the rest of the BS vote-buying entitlement programs out there, along with the confiscatory taxes we all know are coming, are going to put us in the economic toilet and keep us there.
Any seventh-grader attending a non-government school, and who paid any attention AT ALL to what Obama was actually saying during the campaign, could have told you 2.5 years ago that this was going to happen.
There will be no economic recovery to speak of until well after Obama has been driven from office, and his hideous, nation-killing policies are reversed in their entirety.
And I am not sure one will take place even then, as we may be too far gone by that time.
-Dave
"Obama's health care 'reform' plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof." - Herman Cain
A thought
July 2, 2009 - 09:06 ET by RoloTBy the way, regarding the current state of our economy, two things I no longer need to see or hear:
1. Obama in front of a tv camera on an hourly basis
2. A twenty-something financial "expert" speaking about "green shoots" in the economy. If I hear that lame green-shoots phrase one more time I am going to smash my head into my tv.
RoloT
July 2, 2009 - 09:18 ET by jacktheripperObambi will spin it that you are" doing your part"for the economy when you have to purchase a new TV....DON'T HELP THE FRAUD-IN-CHIEF
Obama was telling everybody
July 2, 2009 - 17:19 ET by ThisnThatObama was telling everybody today -- "Wait for the Energy Package. Millions of jobs will be created."
And, of course, nothing will be helped with his planned tax increases -- another major jobs killer.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Numbers Rising = Corruption
July 2, 2009 - 09:54 ET by iveseenitallThe jobless rate is going up. And if real numers were used to calculte it, it would be more like 12% to 15%. The national deficit and debt are on the rise. The cost of gas at the pump is on the rise. Food bills are going up. The prices on consumer goods are going up. Taxes are going up. Meanwhile, the money being spent by Congress to travel with their families is out of sight. What do Barry, et.al do about it?---advocate a new energy plan which will raise the cost of owning and selling a home. Revise "health care" so that the middle class will pay through the nose. Plan a new "stimulus" which will make lobbyists, lawyers, members of Congress, and sundry other thieves rich beyond their wildest dreams. And since we have seen no positve affects, can we dare ask the trillion-dollar question: "Where did the trillions of stimulus dollars go?"! Forget the ultimate socialist, communist, fascist state we will have after all is said and done, we have the most corrupt government in the history of this nation. With the tactics of a mafia "mob", liars and crooks are running our country with the aprobation of a media which refuses to meet its Constitutional responsibility as a "free" press. Be afraid for yourself and your children, America. We are being pushed off a cliff into an abyss from which we'll be climbing for a hundred years or more.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Yep, every single point
July 2, 2009 - 19:29 ET by general companyBy the time they are done, regardless of what you make you will receive a pay check of $12.50 a week and the Gov will give you $.25 raises if you play ball. Like keeping tabs on your friends and family, or cooperation with the civilian security force.
Yea, this is serious so go support a Tea Party this July 4th You will have a great time, we need to start visiting our reps local offices when they bother to come home also. This is going to take effort!!
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
The media will report that it's really good news....
July 2, 2009 - 09:41 ET by wnaegele...because without Obama it would be worse.
It is, of course, worse: if the chronically unemployed, those who have stopped trying to find work, were counted in the mix, the unemployment numbers would be at least twice the official figures.
The media sees its job as boosting Obama, not reporting facts.
with more folks out of work-
July 2, 2009 - 09:45 ET by JIMMY1660where are the tax dollars to come from to pay for all this horse pucky. to get the economy rolling, BHO should have put income taxes on hold for 6 months-check for traction, if working another 6 months.
BHO- THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE
Jimmy
July 2, 2009 - 09:52 ET by iveseenitallRight on. Unfortunately, taxes are the life's blood of this corrupt government. Americans are economic slaves already, and Barry,et.al. just want more and more. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Repeal all taxes -- and 3
July 2, 2009 - 18:14 ET by ThisnThatRepeal all taxes -- and 3 months later, lay off 50% of the federal workforce.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Apple Computer
July 2, 2009 - 10:04 ET by ricklailAfter giving away the farm here in NC Apple computer annouced they would build a data center employing 50, FIFTY, people. It is expected that Monday they will annouce the location to be Maiden, NC, the small town I grew up in.
Yesterday it was revealed that Fox's Fish Camp in Lincolnton, NC will close Friday putting 47 people out of work.
The 50 jobs are not here yet but I if they were they would be a net gain of 3 jobs in that area. (Maiden is about 6 miles from Lincolnton.)
I know that our goverrnor will make a big deal out of Apple's FIFTY jobs but never mention that Fox's closing is costing 47.
Semper suprene nitens
They'll Find a Way
July 2, 2009 - 10:14 ET by slickwillie2001When jobs were added during the administration of President George W. Bush, the liberal media would always find the downside. Some 'economist' talking head would sniff -"yes, but these are not quality jobs", or that they were low-wage service-sector jobs being added, or that they were seasonal farm-help jobs, etc.
For the Bamster, the opposite is true. There's always a way to spin negative data in a positive sense, and they will find it.
Noel.. I suspect that if they report it, it will be..
July 2, 2009 - 11:10 ET by Gary HallNoel.. I suspect that if they report it, it will be... carefully masked, or buried in an otherwise rosy piece on a different topic.
Yesterday, I searched and searched in the Los Angeles Times (print edition) for the much anticipated report on the "unexpected drop" in consumer confidence. Wa la, I found it.
Following a gloomy down day on Wall Street, two of the LAT's staff writers, Petruno and Hamilton, in a Business Section, B-1, piece under 'Markets' headlined, "HOPE GIVES STOCKS A LIFT," there it is. "Doubts about the economy were reinforced Tuesday, when the Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 49.3 in June from 54.8 in May -- the first drop since February."
Filed under "HOPE" and change.
(;~> gary
who knew liberals knew how to file so well?
July 2, 2009 - 11:17 ET by BlondeNo wonder they're all screwed up.
That was really funny, Gary.
I hope he fails, too.
Be sure to watch Brian
July 2, 2009 - 11:13 ET by 24enakBe sure to watch Brian Williams Tonight, I just seen a promo about the job loss being worse than expected.
And if the Republicans were in power the jobless rate would be much, much higher if they let GM fail.
And there's your answer, NS
July 2, 2009 - 11:16 ET by BlondeAnd if the Republicans were in power the jobless rate would be much, much higher if they let GM fail.
Provided for us by a liberal, of course.
I hope he fails, too.
Forget the fact that if it
July 2, 2009 - 13:48 ET by general companyWere not for the Dems they would not be failing,,,,,no that could not be it
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Yeah because on Jan 20, the
July 3, 2009 - 00:05 ET by 24enakYeah because on Jan 20, the day BHO took office, and every day since the economy just tanked.
I just checked the Misery Index....Unemployment + Inflation
July 2, 2009 - 12:20 ET by upcountrywaterThe other shoe has not dropped yet.
The Inflation rate is ZERO
I'm very happy it's zero..
Borrowing Trillions is good now?
EDIT: The last time the inflation rate was this low was in the 50's
Reagan VS Liberalism
jessieH
July 2, 2009 - 12:16 ET by jessieHjessieH How will MSM report this? As "saved jobs". Under mr. obama's plan, the only jobs they are saving are their own.
Was it ACORN workers? My money says no.
July 2, 2009 - 12:39 ET by sic721This morning on Fox Business at approx 8:01am(pst)
guest John Ryding, while discussing the June
unemployment numbers, mentioned
50,000 census workers hired in April were laid off.
My money says these were not ACORN workers,
but regular people.
"Employment in federal government fell by 49,000 in June, largely due to the layoff of workers temporarily hired to prepare for Census 2010."
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
Liberalism is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.--- Mark Twain(paraphrased)
So if he hires them back
July 2, 2009 - 13:02 ET by dscottSo if he hires them back can he claim he saved or created 200,000 jobs instead of 150,000? Liberal math you know.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Re the ACORN census
July 2, 2009 - 13:14 ET by slickwillie2001If the ACORN crime syndicate is involved in the federal census, and as we already know, the Bamster administration has politicized the census by moving it into the White House, should conservatives protest this by passing on the census questions? Is this an acceptable form of political protest?
My FCC
July 2, 2009 - 13:06 ET by Lord ErondWould close down CBS, NBC, ABC CNN MSNBC and any other dishonest, disingenous media organization purporting the lies that the economy is getting better. It would make Kristallnacht look like Disney on Ice.
"Let him who would move the world, first move himself." -Socrates
"We sit together, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains." -Li Po
Report???
July 2, 2009 - 15:34 ET by DoktorFrankenThe Media ''report''? That's a trick question, right?
Funny guy, Noel!