This is one of the most infamous and egregious examples of lying by ommission by the press. Another headline that comes to mind is one that John Lott pointed out in his definitive study of media bias, "Bond yields down on jobs data".
The news was a glowing account of record jobs growth. The tenth of a point downward movement in the bond yield was the only negative they could find and they ran with that as the headline. Of course this was during a Republican administration.
The NY Times still has not retracted its false article on the forged CBS TANG documents.
Bartlett must be talking about the Coolidge era.
Otherwise, a fine article.
Could it be that they picked a date range because the census data expressed is only available on certain time tables - showing the difference over a period of general Census counts taken. The implication would then be that because the census happens every ten years, the period of 1980 - 2000 then gives us how many hits for census data? 3 at best. I don't much think the times is the end all be all; but, It doesn't appear you much thought this through. The data is the data. It shows a downward trend which can be accounted for by tight rich guys on both sides not giving raises and helping to depress wages to reserve more profit to themselves. The money more often now goes to stock holders than to employees - ala the 'going public' of so many companies. And outsourcing ocurrs precisely because business doesn't want to pay the going rate for wages in set by the market in which they intend to compete.
Try again.
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This just kills me. Liberals (well, most Americans too) have long forgotten what poverty is. It seems they have no idea what rich is either.
As usual, FR is ahead of the media, even the conservative media:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1202510/posts?page=57#57
What I would like to know is, how much of this income from the earlier data is coming from single paycheck households compared to the double paycheck households prevelant today? I have no doubt the Times is playing loose with figures to promote their agenda, but there's an underlying problem here that many seem to overlook.
It seems that it used to be much easier to achieve Middle-Class on one paycheck than it is now. You technically end up with people working twice as hard for the same amount of money.
Timothy Egan
2004
• August 26 -- Swift Vets "Have Reopened Wounds" of Vietnam
Timothy Egan's "Wounds Opened Anew As Vietnam Resurfaces" lays the blame on the Swift Boat Veterans: "But the advertisements by one group of veterans attacking the war record of Mr. Kerry, advertisements that are closely tied to supporters of President Bush, have reopened wounds about class and service and frayed some of the unifying threads."
• August 9 -- Freaked-Out Librarians vs. Patriot Act
Timothy Egan takes seriously the view of some easily spooked librarians: "Whether federal agents are monitoring reading habits or not, the newfound power to do so has already had an effect on how people use their libraries, Ms. Sheketoff, the library association official, said, citing evidence from fellow librarians. Many libraries have posted notices saying that because of the law, they cannot protect the privacy of patrons' reading habits."
• June 23 -- Gassing Up For Higher Taxes
Timothy Egan pumps up prospects for an increase in the federal gas tax: "Gas prices finally headed down last week, and may have peaked for the year, the Energy Department reported….the pattern over the last 30 years suggests that this is bad news for anyone who believes that Americans, the world's biggest oil consumers, can ever curb their energy consumption."
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