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When the Labor Department reported a net loss of 4,000 jobs for August, the September 7 ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts highlighted the bad news as evidence of an impending recession, but on Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised the August number to a gain of 89,000 jobs and reported 110,000 new jobs for September (AP story), only ABC bothered to mention the revision while CBS didn t utter a syllable about either jobs gain. The CBS Evening News anchored by Harry Smith, however, found time to note the Postal Service s decision to honor two CBS journalists Eric Sevareid and George Polk with stamps.
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GOP Leaders Rip Biden Over Lackluster May Jobs Report: Economy Should Be Booming
On 6/4/21 at 11:58 AM EDT
Republican leaders were quick to criticize President Joe Biden on Friday morning after the May jobs report from the Department of Labor fell more than 100,000 jobs short of estimates, marking the second month in a row that the report failed to match expectations.
The Labor Department s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that the economy added about 559,000 jobs in May, below the more than 670,000 estimated and hoped for by economists and the Biden administration. Although the number of new jobs added fell substantially short, the overall unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level since May 2020 coming in at 5.8 percent
By Susan Jones | June 4, 2021 | 11:24am EDT
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(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden took credit for the the May jobs report that was released on Friday, saying it shows his bold action American Rescue Plan is working and noting that vaccinations have risen since the most recent employment data was collected.
After running through the generally positive numbers released a few hours earlier by the Labor Department s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Biden gave the report a final promising spin, but he misspoke, saying the COVID deaths are up.
In fact, according to the numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 8,885 COVID deaths in the United States in May. That was down from 17,701 in April; 22,396 since March; and 35,339 in February. Since January of this year, when COVID deaths in the United States peaked at 103,329, COVID deaths have declined every month.