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Teenage Unemployment Rate at Record High: NYT Blog Post Commenters Exp
(image found at townnews.com) Yesterday's Employment Situation Report from Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics had lots of dismal news. One of the bigger disappointments, but sadly not one of the bigger surprises, is that the teenage unemployment rate reached an all-time seasonally adjusted high of 25.5%. People who know even a little bit about economics should understand why, but an oddly…
Media's Coverage of 'Birthers' Greatly Outweighs Van Jones Coverage
The contrast between the virtual silence of major news outlets on Green Jobs Czar Van Jones’s belief in the Bush Administration’s complicity in the 9/11 attacks and the hubbub made about those who believe the President is not an American citizen casts light on the politicized attitudes of the mainstream media. NewsBusters has noted how the story has been ignored by the television media. Byron…
FNC's Beckel: Obama Must Do With Jones What He Did With Wright -- Cut
"Obama has been accused during the campaign of associating with people who were radical, whether it be Bill Ayers or Reverend Wright. He has to do with Jones what he did with Wright, which is to cut his relationship off."So said liberal Fox News contributor Bob Beckel about the growing controversy surrounding President Obama's "green jobs czar" Van Jones.In this segment aired Friday evening…
Stand by Your Van? SF Chronicle Politics Writer Notes Toxic Effect of
As noted by John Stephenson of NewsBusters, much of the media has been ignoring the enormous Van Jones controversy. However, Joe Garofoli, the politics writer and blogger for Jones' hometown newspaper, the liberal San Francisco Chronicle, has just written about the toxic effect of Van Jones and who is standing by their Van and who isn't in his Politics blog:The Bay Area's Van Jones -- the Special…
Harwood: Opponents of Obama's School Invasion 'Not Smart Enough' To Ra
A new high-tech Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Racism. And parents too dumb to raise their children. That was how NBC sought to explain away opposition to Pres. Obama's planned speech to schoolchildren.Andrea Mitchell narrated a segment on this morning's Today on the subject.ANDREA MITCHELL: Other presidents have faced opposition. But experts say it's now more organized, from cable television to…