tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post7519216196974148907..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Blogging as Propagandamike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-31363755012262245912009-07-30T21:19:04.689-07:002009-07-30T21:19:04.689-07:00Of course, it wasn't good. He inherited a mess...Of course, it wasn't good. He inherited a mess. You think the economic situation was his fault. it wasn't. The stimulus had only passed three months prior. The rate of job losses had dropped significantly. It's all about trajectory during a recession, are you getting better, worse, or you don't know. <br /><br />Of course, the May numbers were great. No one with any sense, and no agenda, would say differently. Now, June was another story and we'll see what happens in July. To claim that jobs numbers which got better by 200k in jobs and was more than a hundred k better than the estimates was bad was and is pure and rank propaganda.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-50754689150619006332009-07-30T16:16:34.534-07:002009-07-30T16:16:34.534-07:00"Of course, no one could honestly analyze the...<i>"Of course, no one could honestly analyze the May jobs numbers and conclude they were bad or bad for the president."</i><br /><br />That's some creative logic you have there! The unemployment rate dropped a full 1/2-percent month-over-month. Just because the <i>rate</i> of job losses was slower, doesn't make it good - there were still substantial numbers (over 300,000) of folks added to the ranks of the unemployed. This <i>was</i> bad in general, and <i>was</i> bad for the Obama administration, just as it would've been for Bush, Clinton or anyone else's administration.<br /><br />Do left- and right-tilting blogs selectively choose the facts that best make their case? Of course they do. Does this happen in the mainstream media? Of course it does.<br /><br />But in this instance,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com