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So NOW the Economy Sucks? WashPost Hypes Americans ‘Taking Second Jobs to Pay Bills’
NewsBusters ^ | 2/5/2025 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 02/05/2025 8:22:53 AM PST by JV3MRC

It seems as if The Washington Post has dropped its facade somewhat about how star-spangled fantastic the Biden economy supposedly was, but only now that President Donald Trump is in office. Coincidence? We think not!

The February 2 print edition of The Post had a pretty revealing headline by reporters Lauren Kaori Gurley, Federica Cocco and Andrew Ackerman buried on the front page of the “Business” section: “More Americans are taking second jobs to pay bills.” Quite a 180-degree turnaround from The Post’s asinine July 2023 claim in the middle of the Bidenomics-induced inflation crisis that “Americans are still better off, with more in the bank than before the pandemic.” Now, The Post seems to have flipped to some degree by admitting that “Late last year, the share of U.S. workers with more than one job hit the highest level since 2019, previously last reached during the Great Recession.”

Specifically, wrote The Post, “A growing number of Americans have taken second jobs and side hustles, spurred partly by years of rapidly rising prices that have gnawed away at household incomes.” So much for Post propagandist Heather Long’s desperate pre-Election Day spin that “the data is clear: Americans are better off economically than they were four years ago.” Oof.

But, of course, The Post couldn’t make it too obvious that its non-stop Bidenomics cheerleading was a pile of hogwash. In effect, it tried to spin its reporting once again that people taking multiple jobs could potentially be a good sign of a strong labor market

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenomics; economy; trump; washingtonpost

1 posted on 02/05/2025 8:22:53 AM PST by JV3MRC
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Wash Post gets USAID dollars to peddle propaganda. We shouldn’t promote criminal organizations


2 posted on 02/05/2025 8:28:16 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: JV3MRC

The WashPost has no credibility. It’s just another DNC tentacle. You can find better news on a downtown convenience store bathroom wall.


3 posted on 02/05/2025 8:30:37 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If Trump gets elected, we're all going to hang.- Hillary "The Wanderer" Clintoon.)
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To: JV3MRC

They have to fill the Google machine with headlines to support the narrative.


4 posted on 02/05/2025 8:30:54 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: JV3MRC

“Trump’s Homeless Camps” will be next.


5 posted on 02/05/2025 8:33:49 AM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

The economy will soon be absolutely abysmal for a high percentage of the core readers and subscribers of the Washinton Post.


6 posted on 02/05/2025 8:36:34 AM PST by allendale
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To: allendale

They can learn to code.


7 posted on 02/05/2025 8:38:59 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: JV3MRC

Life HAS been dismal for wide parts of the spectrum of those who make up the population of the United States, and for that matter, the world.

A new day has dawned, and with it hope and inspiration. We don’t need any Debbie Downers or Karen Carpers.


8 posted on 02/05/2025 8:41:11 AM PST by alloysteel (This is yet another test. There are no right or wrong answers, only the correct response for you.)
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To: JV3MRC

9 posted on 02/05/2025 8:42:34 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: JV3MRC

Well the unemployment rate will have plummeted what with all those second jobs having been taken since 20 Jan 2025


10 posted on 02/05/2025 8:50:02 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: JV3MRC


"What you mean only two jobs?"
11 posted on 02/05/2025 8:52:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JV3MRC

Yep, Tagline is still accurate.


12 posted on 02/05/2025 9:39:50 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover

This Gaza thing is Trump’s idea for new hotels, he is going broke working for less than half a mil a year, Trump deserves Joker money, Trump is a much bigger star than Joker.(who would move to LA, anyway?)


13 posted on 02/05/2025 10:29:41 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Colt1851Navy

This Gaza thing is Trump’s idea for new hotels,


I wonder if this is an indirect message to Cuba? You know eventually Trump will turn his attention to Cuba, especially with Rubio as head of the State Department.


14 posted on 02/05/2025 10:32:05 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: All

Superman has two jobs, maybe Batman too.


15 posted on 02/05/2025 11:15:48 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (For two countries with so many lawyers, there ain't much justice in Canada or America (yet))
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