Perhaps Janus, the two-faced god of Roman mythology, should be the CNN mascot because the network was certainly double-minded today on employment.
"American Morning's" Ali Velshi called the report "good news" while CNN.com called the same data "weakest in 2 years" on March 9.
"Four-point-five percent as a national unemployment rate is good news for workers because it means more demand for workers and they can demand higher wages," Velshi said.
In contrast, CNN.com reported:
"The gain of 97,000 was the smallest since January 2005, weaker than even the final readings in the two months after Hurricane Katrina that fall."
Talk about a downer. The other main difference between the reports was coverage of upward revisions to December and January figures. CNN.com reported the January revision, but left out December, while Velshi left out the revisions altogether.
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Trumped again by the Shrub R
March 9, 2007 - 15:11 ET by Roger the ShrubberTrumped again by the Shrub Report®, and still no love...
shrubb
March 9, 2007 - 15:39 ET by ZmeademanHey there RTS, its too nice to be inside today.I just came in for a shrubb report and am going to warm up the lawnmower for the coming spring.By the way I think the guy from Blues Traveler is from Bucks County PA.
CCCN cherry picks economic d
March 9, 2007 - 15:55 ET by EdhenryCCCN cherry picks economic data, what a surprise. That damn Bush, he continues to destroy jobs and the economy.
I long for the good old Carter days; cardigans, high unemployment, steel mills shuttering, no gas, interest rates that destroyed small businesses and home ownership, hostages and Billy Beer.
Our individual freedom is directly proportional to our individual responsibility.
Hey Z, you piqued my interest
March 9, 2007 - 16:14 ET by Roger the ShrubberHey Z, you piqued my interest, so I looked him up.
He is not from the Philly area. It's worse: he is from Cleveland...
haha
Rog, it's happened to me a co
March 9, 2007 - 15:51 ET by bigtimerRog, it's happened to me a couple of times too....I feel your pain and pass some love on to ya!
LOL!
Keep on keeping on, we all love your SR!
Hell, Rog, it's happened to
March 10, 2007 - 06:23 ET by sarcasmoHell, Rog, it's happened to us-all. For example, I reported months-ago (to many jeers, but I was/still-am right) on an open thread the sexual infidelity Newt Gingrich just-admitted today, and NB hasn't even covered it at all. He's obviously-running now, no matter what Newt says publicly, or he'd have just kept his mouth shut about this. I must admit to a "Nixon moment" of uncontrollable-giggling when he said, "I am not a hypocrite!" :)
JMR
AP added, among other factors
March 9, 2007 - 16:05 ET by JDWAP added, among other factors, that we were coping with foreign competition. Another news media lie alert. Our trade deficit decreased 3.8%, economies abroad are strenthening and they are buying more from us.
JDW
Wounded skier, beware of mistakes.
News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
So for the past 2 years there
March 9, 2007 - 18:57 ET by Dan The Man 2So for the past 2 years there has been a growth in jobs? Man I better watch the news more often I seem to have missed that fact.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
CNN is a mass producer of apo
March 9, 2007 - 19:16 ET by jonathanandersonCNN is a mass producer of apocalyptic liberalism ... what else are they going to trowel out but pessimism and defeat.