The Department of Labor announced today the economy shed another 190 thousand jobs in October, pushing the unemployment rate to 10.2 percent and the running Obama jobs deficit to 5.7 million. Earlier in the week the Obama Administration released figures purporting to show the Obama stimulus had saved or created 640,000 thousand jobs. Only in Washington can jobs be saved by the thousands while being lost by the millions.
(J.D. Foster, "Obama Jobs Deficit Hits 7.7 Million and Climbing," The Foundry at the Heritage Foundation)
And yet despite a hugely unsuccessful stimulus bill and this soaring jobless rate, the media criticism of the Obama administration is almost nil.
What happened to all those journalists who savaged George W. Bush for much less damaging numbers?
