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Coal for Christmas...

julia.seymour — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:13:34 +0000

Glenn Foden

Publish Date

December 16, 2015 - 5:11pm

Population: 7 Billion Reasons to Panic this Halloween

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:08:00 +0000

Paul Wilson

Halloween is traditionally a night of witches, ghosts, and monsters. But for environmentalists and their media allies, an even bigger scare is coming this Halloween: the birth of Earth's 7 billionth resident.

Jobs Grow by 103,000, But Obama Still 6.2 Million Jobs from Promise

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:45:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

There was "good" but "not great" news on the unemployment front in September with 103,000 jobs added, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate remained 9.1 percent.

But even with that growth, Obama's jobs promises have fallen far short. His economic policies were supposed to create 4 million jobs by the end of 2010. Now, ten months later the economy is still dealing with net job losses of 2,229,000 since February 2009.

IBD Notes that in D.C. Cutting Spending, Isn't what It Appears

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

With so many media reports focused on getting a deficit ceiling deal and competing plans to "slash spending," you might be surprised to learn that "spending cut read more

CNBC's Santelli Right, 'Experts' Wrong; Unemployment Spikes to 9.1%

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:04:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

CNBC panelists and guests always make predictions in the minutes leading up to the Labor Department's release of the jobs report and June 3 was no exception.

While economists Diane Swonk and Mark Zandi and CNBC's own Steve Liesman all made predictions of job gains between 100,000 and 150,000 - Rick Santelli threw his own lower prediction in just seconds before the announcement: 55,000. (Video available here)

Unemployment Below 9 Percent 'Bolsters Recovery Hopes' in 2011, But Little 'Consolation' in 1983

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:33:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

The unemployment rate finally dropped below 9 percent in February 2011, after 21 months at that rate or higher. The Labor Department reported March 4 that the rate had dropped 0.1 percent to 8.9 percent. The New York Times called it a "notable" improvement, but in 1983, the Times was downbeat about better jobs news.

"The economic waiting game may soon be over, as businesses signal that they are finally willing to resume widespread hiring," the March 5, 2011, story by Catherine Rampell began.

SPUN-employment

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:24:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

Spinning the Numbers When Conservatives in Charge: During the year leading up to the 2005-06 mid-term elections, the economy was strong and unemployment never went above 5 percent. That wasn’t how the media reported it. Negative reports and stories spun negatively accounted for 58 percent of the stories (38 out of 65).

Scientific American Proposes Global Warming Solution: Birth Control through Contraception and Safe Abortion

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:57:00 +0000

Jeff Poor

The use of birth control has been an issue debated by ethicists in the United States for over a century. Until now, it’s been a moral issue, and few mainstream voices ever advocated the use of birth control for environmental reasons.

NY Times Dismisses Growth in Dire '08 Outlook; Says Bush in 'Denial' about Economy

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:17:51 +0000

Jeff Poor

The New York Times editorial board saw nothing but economic gloom past, present and future in its outlook for 2008.

A January 2 Times editorial was not at all optimistic about the new year and the economy, mocking President George W. Bush and foretelling doom.

CBS, NBC Fawn Over Obama, Ignore GPD Boost

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:42:43 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

It’s hard to squeeze in air time for positive economic news when it doesn’t fit the agenda of the Democratic presidential candidate you’re busy fawning over.

On the night Sen. Barack Obama accepted his party’s nomination in front of an adoring crowd of some 80,000 Democrats in Denver, reporters for CBS and NBC news shows didn’t find any time to report the higher than anticipated revision of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2008.

Media Predictions on Unemployment and Jobs Off by Wide Margin

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:24:46 +0000

Paul Detrick

Weathermen can be wrong, and so can economic forecasts.

The Labor Department reported May 2 that there were 20,000 jobs lost in April and the national unemployment rate fell to 5 percent from 5.1 percent the month before. But before Labor Department numbers came out, surveys among many news organizations were downbeat in their predictions, saying that there would be around 75,000 jobs lost in April and an uptick in the unemployment rate to roughly 5.2 percent.

After Positive GDP Growth, 'Nightly News' Unveils Negative Craigslist Indicator

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:58:18 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

When the federal government announced April 30 that the economy grew in the first quarter of 2008, members of the media scrambled to find bad news to report. The NBC “Nightly News” found the Craigslist Indicator.

“Even though it grew slightly in the first three months of the year, up 0.6 percent,” CNBC’s Erin Burnett said of the gross domestic product, “many are still very cautious.”

CNBC's Burnett: Recession vs. Slowdown is Only 'Semantics'

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:01:31 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

As the ceaseless recession talk continues, the language creep continues. Does it really matter whether it’s a “recession” or a “slowdown”?

“It’s so much about semantics,” Burnett said on the February 28 NBC “Today” show when host Matt Lauer asked about the difference between recession and economic slowdown. “What word do you use to describe the situation? I think whether you say ‘recession’ or ‘economic slowdown’ isn’t so important.”

Bartiromo Warns Recession Talk 'Begets More Weakness'

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:18:13 +0000

Jeff Poor

The media’s constant carping about an economic downturn will have consequences unless the recession rhetoric is toned down, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo said in a February 6 “Today” show segment.

“[T]he truth is, [“Today” co-anchor] Meredith [Vieira], it doesn't matter if we’re in a recession,” Bartiromo said. “We can talk ourselves into a recession, and that seems to be what we’re doing right now and that certainly begets more weakness.”

'Evening News' Report Warns of More (and Your) Unemployment

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:42:31 +0000

Jeff Poor

When newscasts start reporting about how to find a job after you’ve been laid off from the recession, things must be very bad, right?

According to the January 23 “CBS Evening News,” it is something to be worried about, but the numbers don’t actually back that up.