Yesterday, the AP reported the August jobs growth picture. What does this headline tell you:
As it turns out, companies did add 67,000 jobs, but overall there was a net jobs loss of 54,000. So you think that the AP just reports private sector losses or gains rather than total numbers, right? Uh - not quite. In early May, the AP reported on the April jobs number with this headline:
Guess what? That 290,000 number includes private and public sector hiring. One month prior, the AP headline for the March jobs numbers:
Again, the numbers include both private and public sector hiring. From AP headlines we can thus back out some rules about reporting jobs that have developed over time but now seem consistent:
Previously on AP bias:
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AP: New jobless claims fall unexpectedly because last week had only 3 working days, but we won't mention that last part too much
AP uses GDP to declare end to recession, but ignores GDP for when it began - in the same article!
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AP last week: 514K new jobless claims, 5th drop in 6 weeks, YEA! AP this week: New jobless claims rise more than expected to 531K, oh crap!
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USA Today: You know what's wrong with the economy? Those darned consumers are being fiscally responsible!
A contrast in liberal media bias: How the Washington Post reported the economy under Bush and now under Obama
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AP strategy to give Obama cover as 467,000 more jobs cut in June, unemployment now at 9.5% - BLAME BUSH!
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As it turns out, companies did add 67,000 jobs, but overall there was a net jobs loss of 54,000. So you think that the AP just reports private sector losses or gains rather than total numbers, right? Uh - not quite. In early May, the AP reported on the April jobs number with this headline:
Again, the numbers include both private and public sector hiring. From AP headlines we can thus back out some rules about reporting jobs that have developed over time but now seem consistent:
Rule #1: When there is a gain in jobs, report the total number - private + publicIn other words, report whatever makes Obama look better. Apparently it's the state-run AP's golden rule these days.
Ruke #2: When net jobs have been lost but there is positive private jobs growth, just report the private and ignore the public
Previously on AP bias:
AP Headline: "Democrats Declare Swamp of Corruption Drained." Also, Ahmadinejad: "No Gays in Iran." And Bill Clinton reaffirms: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..."
Unexpectedly: New weekly jobless claims jump by 37,000
AP: Primary election of Republicans Nikki Haley (Indian-American) and Tim Scott (Black) show that racist, intolerant GOP is making racial progress or something
AP: Katrina wasn't so bad. All the 1,800 bodies would only fill only one bathroom in the Superdome if stacked correctly
Change! AP alters headline because it was too accurate in regards to ObamaCare disaster
UPDATED and bumped with Video: MSM covering up Biden gaffe as he defended the stimulus in Michigan, got the century wrong
AP's 6th sense detects anti-abortion message in Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad where there was none
AP: 2000s warmest decade on record because it snowed a lot or something
Triple crown of bias: MSNBC & AP deny ClimateGate because 7 global warming alarmists say so
AP: New jobless claims fall unexpectedly because last week had only 3 working days, but we won't mention that last part too much
AP uses GDP to declare end to recession, but ignores GDP for when it began - in the same article!
GOOD NEWS: Metro Detroit Jobless Rate Down. BAD NEWS: Decrease Due To Workers Dropping Out Of Workfoce
AP last week: 514K new jobless claims, 5th drop in 6 weeks, YEA! AP this week: New jobless claims rise more than expected to 531K, oh crap!
New Jobless Last Week At 530,000. AP Calls It Good News Because They Expected Higher! A Weekly Pattern Is Developing Here With "Unexpected" At Center
New Jobless Last Week At 545,000. AP Calls It Good News Because They Expected Higher!
How To Sugarcoat Obama's Rising Unemployment Rate, Now At 9.7%? AP Shows Us How!
USA Today: You know what's wrong with the economy? Those darned consumers are being fiscally responsible!
A contrast in liberal media bias: How the Washington Post reported the economy under Bush and now under Obama
AP sugarcoats unemployment number - went down because many just stopped looking for work!
Hope and change - Obama's poll numbers sinking fast. What to do? Why bash Bush of course!
Obama: Stimulus Is Working Or Something
How does the MSM sugar-coat 565,000 new jobless claims? This is how:
AP strategy to give Obama cover as 467,000 more jobs cut in June, unemployment now at 9.5% - BLAME BUSH!
U.S. jobless rate jumps to 9.4 percent; stimulus a proven failure; MSM whitewashing
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