If only the media would tell us about the real story of job destruction over the last three years... The Obama administration wants to talk about anything other than jobs and the economy, and they’re getting an assist from the media. Even when they’re not chasing shiny-object distractions like gay marriage (dead last on Gallup’s list of voter priorities, even among Democrats) and Seamus the Roof Ridin’ Dog, they aren’t taking a serious look at the actual data from the BLS on jobs. In my column this week for The Fiscal Times, I point out that the actual numbers of jobs have declined the last two months, data that has largely gone unreported, and it’s not due to massive retirements:
If the media focused on telling the true story of job destruction over the last three years, we wouldn’t be talking about Swiss bank accounts and dog carriers.
