EmptyTimCup
10-31-2009, 12:22 PM
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more with the Jobs SAVED .... never to be proven
Politico Says White House 'Under Pressure' Will Announce 1 Million Jobs 'Saved' (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2009/10/30/politico-says-white-house-under-pressure-will-announce-1-million-jobs)
By Julia A. Seymour (Bio | Archive)
October 30, 2009 - 13:16 ET
The Obama administration continues to push its "jobs created and saved" theme, taking credit for up to a million jobs on account of its $787 billion economic stimulus package (roughly a quarter of which has been spent). But some in the media remain skeptical (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/30/cbs-white-house-stimulus-jobs-numbers-hard-believe).
Politico.com announced on Oct. 30 that White House officials planned a Friday afternoon announcement for the same day claiming "at least 1 million jobs (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28925.html)" had been saved or created.
Other news outlets, including NPR and CNN, focused on a lower White House claim the same day saying that "more than 650,000 jobs have been saved or created" under the stimulus.
The higher claim of 1 million was based on extrapolation - the White House report examined the first $150 billion of $339 billion stimulus funds spent so far.
The White House recently "fired back (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28874.html)" at Associated Press (AP) for saying that the number of jobs created or saved was "overstated by thousands." AP reviewed data from the first progress report (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMNoef6xDenBbHWO0Im6rIjDmAgAD9BKIN400) of the stimulus and found huge discrepancies.
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Caroline Baum, a Bloomberg News columnist, criticized the "created or saved (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aUuHhaDx8Hr8)" fantasy being propagated by the White House.
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more with the Jobs SAVED .... never to be proven
Politico Says White House 'Under Pressure' Will Announce 1 Million Jobs 'Saved' (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2009/10/30/politico-says-white-house-under-pressure-will-announce-1-million-jobs)
By Julia A. Seymour (Bio | Archive)
October 30, 2009 - 13:16 ET
The Obama administration continues to push its "jobs created and saved" theme, taking credit for up to a million jobs on account of its $787 billion economic stimulus package (roughly a quarter of which has been spent). But some in the media remain skeptical (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/30/cbs-white-house-stimulus-jobs-numbers-hard-believe).
Politico.com announced on Oct. 30 that White House officials planned a Friday afternoon announcement for the same day claiming "at least 1 million jobs (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28925.html)" had been saved or created.
Other news outlets, including NPR and CNN, focused on a lower White House claim the same day saying that "more than 650,000 jobs have been saved or created" under the stimulus.
The higher claim of 1 million was based on extrapolation - the White House report examined the first $150 billion of $339 billion stimulus funds spent so far.
The White House recently "fired back (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28874.html)" at Associated Press (AP) for saying that the number of jobs created or saved was "overstated by thousands." AP reviewed data from the first progress report (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMNoef6xDenBbHWO0Im6rIjDmAgAD9BKIN400) of the stimulus and found huge discrepancies.
:popcorn:
Caroline Baum, a Bloomberg News columnist, criticized the "created or saved (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aUuHhaDx8Hr8)" fantasy being propagated by the White House.
:killingme