◼ Since January 2009, most Americans have gleefully ignored manifold signs of economic affliction that the White House and elements in the mainstream press repeatedly mischaracterized as triumphant success. - CHARLES ORTEL/Washington Times
The latest exercise in deceit and in journalistic malpractice began Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics trumpeted unexpected “success” on the challenging employment front — in theory, 321,000 jobs were created during November, a number far above analysts’ expectations
Shortly after stock markets closed, a CNN Money analysis published by Yahoo Finance cheered Mr. Obama’s apparent victory in restoring job growth despite the horrible hand he inherited in January 2009. By Saturday morning, Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez was almost emulating George W. Bush’s unwise celebration of success in Iraq from a podium underneath a banner that proclaimed “Mission Accomplished.”
But the hard truth is that under Mr. Obama’s watch, the number of full-time jobs has dropped while the working-age population has steadily increased....
◼ Labor Force Participation Remains at 36-Year Low: 11,918,000 Have Dropped Out Since Obama - CNS
92,447,000 Americans Not Working
