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Drunken Irishman

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16. The US lost about 10 million jobs in 2020.

Fri Dec 3, 2021, 08:44 PM

Dec 2021

The reason these reports are getting dinged, when 200,000 in previous years wasn't being dinged, is because the US wasn't needing to make up a 10 million gap like they are right now. So, the assumption is that the US will need to pull in 500,000+ jobs a month to climb out of that hole. They haven't yet and these numbers, while good if you're comparing them to previous years, don't really point an accurate picture. You have to isolate these numbers from previous reports prior to COVID.

So, 200,000 when the economy isn't needing to make up 10 million jobs is actually really good.

200,000 when the economy still needs to make up 5 million jobs? Not so good.

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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