Prescient.
The job numbers that came out today were not good, to say the least.
WASHINGTON — Hiring continued its slow pace in April as employers added a modest 115,000 jobs to their payrolls, providing more evidence that the economy has lost some momentum from early this year.
However, the media and the Left (concentric circles on a Venn diagram) were at the ready to perform some sweet, sweet spin action.
Reuters leads with alleged good news.
https://twitter.com/#!/FreePrprtyFindr/status/198419473869438979
https://twitter.com/#!/ReutersTV/status/198393594644672514
Everything is all about The One and his re-election! Out of work and struggling? Suck it up, baby. Obama has a campaign to run.
Too bad that number fell solely because more and more people cannot find work long-term and are therefore no longer considered/counted in the unemployment numbers.
The jobless rate inched down to 8.1% last month, the Labor Department said Friday, but that wasn’t because more people were employed. Rather, the rate fell as more workers dropped out of the labor force.
https://twitter.com/#!/AriFleischer/status/198424240628830209
CNN goes all in on “good” news.
https://twitter.com/#!/CNNMoney/status/198389543920091137
Hiring slowed, more people out of work long-term? Whatever! It’s an increase and stuff! Journalism is hard.
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And the Associated Press has an article up called “Job market under Obama: It depends on how you spin it.” Because, you know, the truth of horrendous numbers is just spin and stuff. Facts shmacts!
Media Matters spins by trying to confuse everyone with sporty thingies talk.
https://twitter.com/#!/SimonMaloy/status/198419904666406912
Twitter reacts with good old snark. Hey, if we didn’t then we’d all be curled up in the fetal position, crying.
https://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/198421631633334273
https://twitter.com/#!/SissyWillis/status/198421652898463744
https://twitter.com/#!/DarrellIssa/status/198403350344114176
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