News Layoffs Send DeadSpin Reeling: ‘How Is This Sh*t Legal’

Business
July 24th, 2018 1:57 PM
New York Daily News’ parent company Tronc announced it would cut the tabloids newsroom staff in half on July 23. DeadSpin viewed the act as class warfare. Tronc attributed the cuts to “realities of our business and the need to adapt to an ever-changing media environment,” according to CBSNews.com. A $15 million payout to CEO Michael Ferro (bundling the three-year obligations into a single…
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Telemundo exalta 10 manifestantes anti-ICE, ignora nuevos empleos

Latino
July 20th, 2018 1:51 PM
Un minúsculo grupo de manifestantes que abogan por la abolición de ICE recibió tratamiento mayúsculo en Telemundo, la misma cadena que pasó por desapercibidos a los 164,000 hispanos que acaban de ingresar a la fuerza laboral del país, así como el nivel de desempleo hispano más bajo en la historia.

Univisión y Telemundo ignoran histórico desempleo hispano

Latino
July 18th, 2018 2:18 PM
[Vean actualización al final] En la mañana del 6 de julio, el Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos anunció que el desempleo hispano en el país había alcanzado el nivel más bajo (4.6%) registrado en los 45 años que la agencia lleva contabilizando la estadística, desde 1973.

Networks Downplay Good Economic News of Workers Finding New Jobs

Business
July 17th, 2018 5:29 PM
More Americans are quitting their jobs and even some media are admitting “that’s a good thing.” The rising rate of American workers quitting their jobs voluntarily shows their confidence in the economy, especially the labor market. The quits rate is the highest its been since 2001. Many news outlets reported the good economic news, but not ABC and NBC news programming according to a Nexis search…
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10 Anti-ICE Protesters Get Telemundo Airtime, 164k Latino Jobs Do Not

Latino
July 16th, 2018 3:07 PM
A rag-tag bunch of 10 protesters calling for the abolition of ICE received feature-coverage treatment on Telemundo, the same network which did not consider the 164,000 Hispanics entering the labor force in June and record-low Hispanic unemployment sufficiently newsworthy to even be mentioned.

Shooting Ourselves In The Foot

July 11th, 2018 12:03 PM
The Canadian government, lining the pockets of its dairy producers, imposes high tariffs on American dairy imports. That forces Canadians to pay higher prices for dairy products. For example, Canadians pay $5.24 for a 10.5-ounce block of cheddar. In Washington, D.C., that same amount of cheddar sells for $3.64. Canadians pay $3.99 for a 1-pound container of yogurt. In Washington, D.C., you can…

ABC Ignores 213K New Jobs, While CBS Spends Just 17 Seconds On It

Business
July 9th, 2018 12:13 PM
The June jobs report was more good news for American job seekers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced July 6, that 213,000 new jobs were added in June. That was more than economists expected. The prior two months were also revised up, adding another 37,000 jobs.

Lowest Ever Hispanic Unemployment Ignored By Univision, Telemundo

Latino
July 8th, 2018 10:30 PM
On the morning of July 6, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that Hispanic unemployment in the United States had reached its lowest level, 4.6%, in the 45 years since the agency first started keeping records on the statistic, back in 1973. One would think such a historic achievement would be news that night on the nation’s leading Spanish-language television news…

Print, Online Press Ignore, Downplay Record-Low Hispanic Jobless Rate

July 8th, 2018 9:28 PM
The government's Friday June jobs report showed that the economy gained 213,000 seasonally adjusted payroll jobs, while the nation's unemployment rate increased from 3.8 percent to 4.0 percent, primarily because 601,000 more Americans were in the labor force. Despite the increase in overall joblessness, the rate among Hispanics fell to 4.6 percent, its lowest level in the over 45 years of that…

CNBC: 213,000 Jobs Added in ‘Great Report,’ ‘As Good as It Gets’

Business
July 6th, 2018 2:26 PM
Last month, 213,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy — more than expected by analysts. Jobs figures from the previous two months were also revised up by a total of 37,000 jobs. This good news about job gains and increased participation in the labor market drew praise from CNBC’s panelists on July 6, even from former Obama administration economist Jared Bernstein.

Press Parrots Agenda-Driven UN Report on Extreme Poverty in U.S.

June 23rd, 2018 5:38 PM
An obviously agenda-driven report on extreme poverty from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights accuses the U.S. under the Trump administration of, in the UN group's words, "becoming a champion of inequality." It also claims that, because of its policies, "the American dream is rapidly becoming the American illusion." As one might expect, many the press have eagerly…

Media Ignores Wage, Regulatory Issues Causing Starbucks Store Closings

June 21st, 2018 9:59 PM
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced Tuesday that the nation's number 3 fast-food outlet (by number of locations) is closing 150 U.S. stores. It's not difficult to read Johnson's comments as indicating that the shuttered stores will primarily be in "blue" or liberal sections of the U.S. At the same time, he has specifically targeted "middle America and the South" for expansion. The business…

Diversity and Inclusion Harm

June 13th, 2018 5:35 PM
In conversations with most college officials, many CEOs, many politicians and race hustlers, it's not long before the magical words “diversity” and “inclusiveness” drop from their lips. Racial minorities are the intended targets of this sociological largesse, but women are included, as well. This obsession with diversity and inclusion is in the process of leading the nation to decline in a number…

Jobs Market Milestone: Nets Skip News of More Jobs than Jobless

Business
June 7th, 2018 8:52 AM
There are now more job openings in America than Americans looking for jobs. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 5, that in spring 2018, the U.S. economy reached this unique milestone — the first time since the Labor Department began tracking the statistic in 2000.