http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14734/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnbc-skeptical-white-house-claim-about-labor-report <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>CNBC offered skepticism of the White House Aug. 7, bringing up a “conspiracy theory” about whether President Obama learned ahead of time that the unemployment rate had fallen to 9.4 percent in July.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Co-host Erin Burnett asked correspondent Steve Liesman about that possibility: “The conspiracy theory about whether the president knew anything. (CNBC’s) John Harwood has said, you know debunked that, but, um, some people are still gonna be skeptical.”</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/cnbc-skeptical-white-house-claim-about-labor-report" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Labor 9.4percent CNBC ErinBurnett JohnHarwood MarkHaines NPR obama planetmoney SteveLiesman unemployment Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:15:01 +0000 admin 26653 at http://archive2.mrc.org