Posted on 11/04/2024 2:21:44 PM PST by JV3MRC
For all the media brouhaha about the supposed strength of the Biden-Harris administration’s jobs market, NBC’s flagship evening news show didn’t even bother to report on the "worst" jobs report in years released just before Election Day.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Nov. 1 that the U.S. economy embarrassingly added only 12,000 jobs in October— well below the 113,000 jobs prediction by economists. As reported by Fox Business, this figure is “the lowest tally since December 2020.” In addition, private sector payrolls declined 28,000 against a prediction of a 90,000 gain by LSEG economists. If that wasn’t bad enough, the BLS conceded that it overestimated total job growth in the previous two months by a combined total of 112,000. As Heritage Foundation economist EJ Antoni pointed out when the jobs report was released, “[T]his is bad.” Job Creators Network President Alfredo Ortiz called the chilling numbers the “worst jobs report” since the COVID-19 pandemic.
But NBC Nightly News couldn’t let Vice President Kamala Harris be saddled with a bad job numbers report just as voters head to the polls. So the outlet just ignored the story entirely. ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News, however, did report on the damning story, even though they did their utmost to downplay it. NBC also happened to find itself in hot water over a Saturday Night Live! appearance by Harris on Nov. 2. NBC’s potential violations of Federal Communications Commission rules raised serious concerns. Go figure.
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They are going to suddenly get aggressive about jobs reports next January.
I wouldn’t know they said that if it hadn’t been posted here.
(That’s because I have ignored nbc for years)
FIFY.
What’s the point in calling on the media to do their jobs, when they know we will pay them for the privilege of being entertained by them whether they do their jobs or not?
40K government jobs were included , thus the real number is negative ~ 28K..
CNN lied and said it was because of the hurricane.
There.
Mishtalk
Excluding Government, Year-Over-Year Employment Is Negative 9 Straight Months
The monthly jobs report that comes out on the 1st is ALWAYS revised in the following days and week. Relax.
The did their job?
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