On Wednesday, the front page of The Washington Post’s Metro section reported that a record 4,121 people turned out for a job fair held by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. One might think this reflects badly on black Democrats in power, from Norton to Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray to President Obama. But the Post headline was “Hope has its day at annual job fair.” The Post still has the audacity of hope – or at least the audacity of pro-Obama bias.
Reporter Sarah Khan never even bothered to mention the District’s unemployment rate, pegged at a seasonally adjusted 10.4 percent in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Attendance was up by more than 1,000 from last year, and Norton was cast as the Feel Your Pain politician. “It’s breaking records, and it’s breaking my heart,” the Post quoted her as saying.
Later, they let her blame the latest budget deal as a “self-inflicted wound” on national confidence:
Norton said the recent action to reduce the federal deficit strictly by making spending cuts - and without raising additional revenue - has given people a "feeling of loss."
"Our self-inflicted wound from the deficit debate played a real role," she said.
