The Nation in the Bubble

October 14th, 2021 3:16 PM

This week, the Biden administration received just the latest slap in the face from cruel reality: An economic report showing just 194,000 jobs added in the month of September, short of the 500,000 jobs forecast by most economists. The unemployment rate dived to 4.8% from 5.2% -- not as a result of job gains, but as a result of more and more Americans dumping out of the work force. Meanwhile,…

NYT’s Irwin Spins Terrible Jobs Report as ‘Pretty Good, Actually'

Business
October 12th, 2021 10:04 AM

New York Times senior economics correspondent Neil Irwin bent himself into a pretzel spinning the atrocious Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing the economy only added 194,000 jobs in September. Following the release of the abysmal job growth report on Friday, Irwin had the nutty spin: “The New Jobs Numbers Are Pretty Good, Actually.”

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Doocy, WH Press Slam Psaki Over Biden’s Economy, Weak Jobs Report

October 9th, 2021 5:24 PM

The Psaki Show went into the weekend on Friday with a bang as Fox’s Peter Doocy and a cadre of liberal White House reporters blasted away at Press Secretary Jen Psaki with questions over the disappointing September jobs report and continued concerns over gas prices, inflation, job openings, and even shipping lanes affecting the supply chain.

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Morning Shows Ignore Covering DISASTROUS BLS Jobs Report

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September 3rd, 2021 2:16 PM

ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows ignored an abysmal jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to further insulate President Joe Biden from bad news.

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STUDY: Nets Ignored Rising Misery Index Under Biden for Months

Business
July 22nd, 2021 7:11 AM

Viewers watching the ABC, CBS or NBC networks since Feb. 1 likely didn’t hear anything about a rising index indicating that Americans are worse off under President Joe Biden.

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EYE ROLL: CNN’s Biden Town Hall Went Exactly the Way You Expected

July 22nd, 2021 12:41 AM

On Wednesday night, President Biden was granted the second town hall of his presidency (and third in the last year) by his adoring fanboys and girls at CNN and, not surprisingly, the Jeffrey Zucker-led network made sure that the 80-minute event was little more than a foot-massage (or smelling of the hair since that suits his fancy).

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Well Then: Doocy Gets Psaki to Condemn Communism, Grills Her on U.N.

July 15th, 2021 7:19 PM

Three days after first asking her if the administration would condemn communism and the far-left ideology’s gruesome affect on life inside Cuba, Fox News’s Peter Doocy finally got White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to condemn on Thursday both communism and demand the regime grant “freedom” to the Cuban people.

Dumbest CNBC Econ Headline? ‘The Upside to Inflation: Rising Wages’

Business
July 9th, 2021 11:53 AM

Did CNBC get its understanding of economics from the back of a cereal box? The outlet is arguing that the silver lining to skyrocketing inflation is — “rising wages.”

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MSNBC Host Dismisses Inflation Concerns, Deceptively Edits Fox Segment

June 11th, 2021 9:51 PM

How's this for elitism? On Thursday “All In” MSNBC host Chris Hayes sought to downplay the rising inflation that is striking at the wallets of consumers. Something tells us he wouldn’t be downplaying rising inflation if Donald Trump was still President.

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Stooges: WH Reporters Refuse to Ask Psaki About Bombshell Fauci Emails

June 2nd, 2021 4:13 PM

Continuing to show their undying fealty to the altar of Dr. Tony Fauci, the White House press corps refused to ask Press Secretary Jen Psaki a single question during Wednesday’s briefing about the bombshell trove of emails from the NIH official from the early moments of the pandemic. It was on the mind of at least one reporter in the room as our friend Amber Athey of The Spectator had…

Liberal Media Shills Promote Awful ‘Kamalanomics’

Business
June 1st, 2021 1:02 PM

Forbes magazine has become a shill for President Joe Biden’s administration, and the liberal media are eating it up.

The Hill Cries ‘Republicans Have Pounced’ on Terrible Economic Data

Business
May 21st, 2021 8:52 AM

The Hill used the old “Republicans have pounced” cliché to turn attention away from the disastrous effects President Joe Biden’s agenda is having on the economy.

Labor Shortage Caused by Government

May 19th, 2021 7:55 PM

America has a record 8.1 million job openings. The media call it a “labor shortage.” But it's not a labor shortage; it's an incentive shortage. “No one wants to work,” says a sign on a restaurant drive-thru speaker in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “Please be patient with the staff that did show up.” I never wanted to work. I got a job because I had to support myself. That was good for me. It forced…

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Liberal TV Touts GOP ‘Civil War’ Over Biden’s Policy Debacles

May 19th, 2021 8:00 AM

As President Biden and his profligate administration leave their fingerprints on more and more policy failures affecting millions of Americans, the liberal media’s tactic seems to be to barely cover or outright ignore these Democratic debacles. Instead, a new MRC study shows the broadcast evening newscasts are giving far more coverage to political dramas such as the recent ouster of…