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June 04, 2004

Breaking the Embargo: NBCNews Reports Positively on the Economy

For the first time in ages, I watched network news. NBC carried a positive piece on the economy.

Remember my complaint that the liberal media refuses to do that montage of a printing-press pumping out money to signal a growing economy? Well, they didn't do the printing press, but they did do a quick montage of machinists making steel parts, cash registers ringing, etc. The visual was clearly one of "we're getting back to work and making money." Not quite as dramatic as that stupid printing press, but it was a positive visual.

One quibble: the expert they found to comment said that these latest jobs numbers show that we're "on the verge of a sustained economy."

Ummm, does "on the verge of " now mean "right in the middle of"? There is an undeniable reluctance to admit the obvious, to wit, that the economy is booming. The best NBC News can manage is to admit we're on the verge of such.

Not actually there yet, of course.

Still, overall, they reported the news fairly objectively, giving prominent mention of the "almost a million jobs in three months" fact that Bush surely wants repeated as often as possible. And, in fact, they even refuted a claim being made by the lefties, to wit, that these new jobs are low-paying hamburger flipping deals. The report mentioned that these new jobs pay "slightly" above average, whatever that means. (Sorry, I didn't get a complete transcript.)

They didn't state that the Democrats are making this false claim, but they did report the fact which refutes it. Kinda good.

Now, all the numbers are with us, and the media is finally embarassed into reporting them. Can this help but feed consumer confidence and improve the economy further?


posted by Ace at 08:01 PM
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And she wrapped her segment by saying that the remaining nine million unemployed wonder if the recovery would be 'enough' for them.
It just would have killed her to go out on a high note.

Posted by: BAM on June 4, 2004 09:32 PM

Yes, I forgot that. As if we've ever actually had 100% employment, with nary a soul looking for work.

Shall that be the new heightened bar for success?

Posted by: ace on June 5, 2004 01:10 AM

I caught ABC World News Tonight on the BBC, just to see how they covered it, and even they had to admit the economy is chugging along. They mentioned almost a million jobs in the past three months, and noted the crucial industries like manufacturing that are hiring. Betsy Stark even said "things are going so well, the economy may be at risk of over-heating." Huh. We've gone from precarious to too much good all at once. That woman should be wearing a neck brace.

Of course, ABC couldn't give out *completely* good news. To cap off the segment, they spent about twenty seconds with clips of John Kerry mentioning that Bush has the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover.

You'd figure the Dems and the media would know about hard figures vs. percentages and learn how to make those kinds of comparisons, but then, it should probably be illegal to let these people around statistics at all.

Posted by: Rob on June 5, 2004 02:47 PM

I just love how they add on all the negative on the end. Just shows how partisan they are. Adn we didn;t loose as amny jobs as they said we did. They never canvas small businesses fo rwho they. hire. Thye only take data freom big businesses. If you put in all the small businessses that opened up after the tax break, there is a net gain in jobs. Not just a little gain, about w1 million nes jobs, but the media will never admit to that.

Posted by: Stix on June 5, 2004 04:15 PM

Ace, your post is already dated. The economy has already officially overheated, according to al Reuters.

Posted by: Terry Notus on June 5, 2004 04:21 PM

Not that any cares, but I mistyped my URL on that post.

Posted by: Terry Notus on June 5, 2004 04:22 PM
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