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Hoyt

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12. Thanks. BS comparison/misinformation from Cohen because expectations were different.

Reply to Celerity (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 3, 2021, 08:09 PM

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Whenever someone says the media is "liberal," show them this. [View all] ffr Dec 2021 OP

And AP represents "the media"? brooklynite Dec 2021 #1

It's one story title after another, negatively reflecting good democratic policies ffr Dec 2021 #2

NPR did this too dsc Dec 2021 #4

Its stories are reprinted EVERYWHERE SouthBayDem Dec 2021 #21

The AP is supposted to be the gold standard for news sources Poiuyt Dec 2021 #24

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2021 #35

Actually, yes. Kid Berwyn Dec 2021 #27

Not sure who Zeke is, but comparing job reports in January 2020, Hoyt Dec 2021 #3

I think it's from 2018 MacKasey Dec 2021 #6

You are right 2018, but same point. Hoyt Dec 2021 #7

Zeke Miller is an AP reporter, and he was not the one to make the comparison, his Tweets are the Celerity Dec 2021 #8

Thanks. BS comparison/misinformation from Cohen because expectations were different. Hoyt Dec 2021 #12

yes, he could have picked a better example Celerity Dec 2021 #14

I'm sorry that Cohen's comparison doesn't meet your standards for news fairness ffr Dec 2021 #15

I don't watch FOX, and I expect people who report the news Hoyt Dec 2021 #17

Excellent, then take it up with the Washington Post. ffr Dec 2021 #41

Ridiculous. Drunken Irishman Dec 2021 #18

The headline has no merit because the expected numbers were different for both months. oldsoftie Dec 2021 #19

If wishes were horses .... The Reality is that they slanted nearly identical figures. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #22

The reality is expectations were different in both months oldsoftie Dec 2021 #23

I read what you wrote. If "expectations" was the point, then it would have said "disappointing" Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #25

It's all about expectations. Lucky Luciano Dec 2021 #30

I agree with you. Lucky Luciano Dec 2021 #29

Dems are treated like women Skittles Dec 2021 #5

Great point. And because women and liberals/democrats are supposed to listen and evaluate erronis Dec 2021 #37

"The US economy looted 200,000 new jobs"... Tommy Carcetti Dec 2021 #9

DUzy uponit7771 Dec 2021 #11

The best thing that ever happened for the media (all) was Trump. The worst thing walkingman Dec 2021 #10

The NYT had two headlines about the jobs report NQAS Dec 2021 #13

The US lost about 10 million jobs in 2020. Drunken Irishman Dec 2021 #16

Whenever someone says the media is anything, Lionel Mandrake Dec 2021 #20

Media is indeed the plural, but soldierant Dec 2021 #32

That's true, but I reserve the right to shudder. Lionel Mandrake Dec 2021 #39

You are welcome to shudder. soldierant Dec 2021 #40

I am no fan of the media. twodogsbarking Dec 2021 #26

That was taken from Zeke Miller's tweet two minutes after the payroll employment report was released mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #28

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Look at Hurricane Katrina AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #31

Ever notice how the Friday Jobs report changes the next week copperearth Dec 2021 #33

Maggie Haberman (aka Trump's Stenographer) just doesn't understand this attitude FelineOverlord Dec 2021 #34

Additional opinion from Digby's Hullabaloo erronis Dec 2021 #36

Show them this: The media treats Biden as badly as - or worse than - Trump. Here's proof. muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #38