BINGO! James Taranto's question about WaPo's jobs report cheerleading gets a simple answer

Doug P. | 11:08 AM on October 07, 2016

The September jobs report is less than stellar, but the Washington Post was spotted putting a firm spin on it anyway:

Why is the word "solid" in here? pic.twitter.com/OQ9BRysWs3

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) October 7, 2016

Asked, and answered:

https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/784395104287154176

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The WaPo’s definition of “solid” doesn’t have a high bar:

.@jamestaranto "Solid" appears to go anywhere from 151,000 to 223,000 https://t.co/Qby4HQjT59 pic.twitter.com/hmzNlXg2xx

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 7, 2016