Then Media Reports Should Be More Inclusive (Reply #29)

In the discussion thread: September jobs report: US economy gains 661,000 payrolls, unemployment rate ticks down to 7.9% [View all]

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Sun Oct 4, 2020, 01:04 PM

ProfessorGAC (46,951 posts)

29. Then Media Reports Should Be More Inclusive

People regaining jobs they already had is not a good thing. It means the country is only half way there.
The reporting on these number treat them as if there's some cause for celebration. Those people might never recoup that lost income.
I just think these thing should be reported as bullet point, with historical context.
The reporting of it would be harder to screw up.

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September jobs report: US economy gains 661,000 payrolls, unemployment rate ticks down to 7.9% [View all]	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	OP
From the source, the BLS report:	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2020	#1
Good morning and TGIF on FULL MOON FRIDAY	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#4
Trump is sacrficing human life to advance the economy.	machI	Oct 2020	#2
Remember during the later Obama years...	moose65	Oct 2020	#3
An interesting graph of LFPR -- it fell during the Bush II years too	progree	Oct 2020	#9
The details matter.	Igel	Oct 2020	#19
Links to earlier reports:	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2020	#5
LINKS TO SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS AND GRAPHS	progree	Oct 2020	#6
Good morning and thank you!	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#7
Hi BRDS, thanks for the thread. It keeps me busy, a way to help me manage my sorrow	progree	Oct 2020	#11
I hear ya.	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#12
Links to charts and graphs from the BLS Twitter account:	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2020	#8
Additional links:	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2020	#10
This is the last jobs report before the election. The next jobs report is Nov 6, 3 days	progree	Oct 2020	#13
This month's cherrypicked data from the Council of Economic Advisers:	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2020	#14
The unemployment rate drop is slowing down, only down 0.5 percentage points from August	progree	Oct 2020	#15
Number of permanent job losers jumped by 345,000 to 3.8 M which is up 2.5 M since Feb	progree	Oct 2020	#16
job market looks increasingly bleak ...	progree	Oct 2020	#17
Job Creation of record of post-WWII Presidents, Average Annual % Increase	progree	Oct 2020	#18
In September, 4 times as many women over 20 dropped out of the labor force as did men	progree	Oct 2020	#20
I read a similar article a few days ago republished in the Philly Inquirer (from Bloomberg)	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#21
Yup, all in contrast to the Great Recession, which was dubbed the "Mancession". BTW I updated #20	progree	Oct 2020	#22
I call bullshit. we are losing between 3000 and 4000 jobs per month and I can tell you	Demsrule86	Oct 2020	#23
Remember that this report would also be missing all the layoffs that are happening now	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#24
And the survey week for these reports was the week that included the 12th, for the	progree	Oct 2020	#25
Well one one big case	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	#26
They Need To Adjust Reporting Approach	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#27
Interestingly, the BLS summary spoon feeds that info, comparing most major stats to February	progree	Oct 2020	#28
Then Media Reports Should Be More Inclusive	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#29
Yes, I agree. Some media reports are calling it a slowdown in job gains (judging from a couple	progree	Oct 2020	#30
The numbers are what they are	DrToast	Oct 2020	#31
Editorialize?	ProfessorGAC	Oct 2020	#32

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