Bad Jobs Numbers Reported Fourth By ABC World News
The Labor Department reported Friday that for the first time since 1945 - needless to say a long, long time ago - the economy produced exactly zero jobs in the month of August.
Despite the history, the tremendously disappointing numbers, and the President speaking before a joint session of Congress next week about this very issue, ABC's World News actually made this its fourth story - yes, I said fourth! - Friday evening (video follows with commentary):
Up first on one of the nation's most-watched nightly news programs was a two and a half minute discussion about gas prices heading into the Labor Day weekend.
After that came a minute on the President's helicopter being inconveniently rerouted forcing the Commander-in-Chief and his daughter to be driven to Camp David.
Imagine how that must have ruined their holiday weekend.
Then came an almost four minute report on tropical storm Lee.
Yes, I said four minutes on a tropical storm. You'd think these folks would have learned from over-hyping the previous tropical storm.
That clearly not being the case, roughly nine minutes into the program, with the President set to give a jobs address to a joint session of Congress next Thursday, "World News" finally got to what was clearly the most important story of the day.
More on Friday night’s spin: “ABC’s Jobs Solution: ‘Spend and Build,’ a ‘Stimulus Program as Big as the One That Was Launched in World War II’”
Would this have been the case if George W. Bush or any Republican was in the White House?
Doubtful, as bad economic news was typically front and center in what young folks in our nation commonly refer to as "the day."
Just as noteworthy, the placement of this story at ABCNews.com kept it off the "World News" front page:
As you can see, there's nothing about the disappointing jobs report, but there is a link to "Gas Prices Down, Economy Recovering."
Somebody was really using his/her noggin with that one.
Not surprisingly, ABC News wasn't alone in thinking the jobs report wasn't the most important story Friday.
The "NBC Nightly News" led with tropical storm Lee, followed it up with more on the impact of tropical storm Irene, and then told the nation about August's horrible unemployment numbers.
These folks sure are fixated on tropical storms, aren't they?
Bucking the trend was the "CBS Evening News" which began Friday's program with what most likely is the greatest concern of most Americans.
When Dan Rather's former employer is besting its broadcast competition, you should be very concerned.
I know I am.
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What do these liberals
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 1:30am.
What do these liberals expect? You can't expect excellent economic numbers while increasing punative taxes and regulations, just doesn't work that way. The best thing for the gov't to do is get out of our way, the free markets are more efficient and know what to do. These liberals are not smarter than the economy no matter what.
But if they did the jobs
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 1:28am.
But if they did the jobs story first and high gas prices second that would be a one-two punch against their dear leader. They wouldn't want to come across as biased now would they?
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonWell,maybe they can corelate
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 1:55am.
Well,maybe they can corelate the storms (who wouldda thunk that there would be tropical storms and hurricanes at this time of year in that part of the Atlantic???) to use as an alibi for the crappy economy and employment numbers??? After all, we've heard the most unbelievable nonsense out of this REGIME and the MSM, right??? Why stop now???
fixated on tropical storms
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 1:59am.
After Katrina they spent millions on new sets and whole hurricane bureaus full of journalists, trucks and storm chasers that will run into the hurricanes at seconds notice. The have sat with very little activity for the last 3-5 years and now they need to pay some how for the millions of dollars that they invested. They let most of the journalist and crew go in cuts but the bills to pay them are still there. They will jump on any storm in which those assets will be used and highlight it even more.
And/Or
Any shinny thing that can prevent the light of real journalists search for the truth on what PBO and his minions are doing to help or hinder the unemployment numbers, more the better.
Between the economy and global warming...
Submitted by Order270 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 2:40am.
...they are naming everything that moves in the Atlantic. Twenty years ago Irene would have been Cindy and no one would have been evacuated.
Amazing...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 2:59am.
What's the famous line that relates to this? I can't remember it exactly, but to paraphrase, it's not that amazing that ABC chose to report the bad economic news four stories into the broadcast, but that they chose to report it at all...
But is it news?
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 4:34am.
Another Historic first from Obama: Zero Job Growth!
oh wow
Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 10:55am.
Gas prices soar at the same time they are coming down.