NYT Can’t Recall that Republicans Who Demand “Where Are the Jobs?” All Voted Against the Stimulus

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NYT Can’t Recall that Republicans Who Demand “Where Are the Jobs?” All Voted Against the Stimulus
By: Scarecrow Tuesday June 9, 2009 1:44 pm



It is a mystery why the New York Times news editors keep producing "news" stories that ignore what innumerable articles and the Times' own coverage revealed months ago. The latest example is Sheryl Gay Stolberg's reporting on the White House efforts to reassure Americans that the stimulus bill, passed only three months ago, will gradually save or create a substantial number of jobs.

With unemployment now at 9.4 percent and still rising, it's understandable that both the White House and voters would be concerned about how effective and rapid the stimulus will be. People are hurting and they need help, especially jobs, now.

But the Times article proceeds to quote disingenuous Republican criticism of the stimulus' progress without mentioning their party's destructive role, reported in numerous news articles, in making sure the stimulus would be smaller, slower and less effective than it should have been. Instead we read this dishonest framing from Republican flacks:

“The Obama administration is continuing to fabricate job creation numbers related to the stimulus,” Tony Fratto, a deputy press secretary in the Bush administration, said in an e-mail message to reporters. He added, “Their so-called models would not stand the light of day.”

And this misdirection from Eric Cantor:

“The administration looks dramatically out of touch as they highlight the creation of temporary summer employment in the face of job losses unseen in decades, record unemployment and massive deficits,” said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House Republican whip.

And this whining misrepresentation from John Boehner:

“When they passed this spending plan, Democrats said it would immediately create jobs,” said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, “yet nearly four months later, unemployment has continued to climb and none of their rosy predictions have come true.”

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