https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/08/03/how-politico-reports-on-bad-economic-news/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:51:13 -0400<![CDATA[The big economic headline today is that national unemployment rose from 8.2% to 8.3% in July. A subhead is that real unemployment remains around 15% in the Obama economy. A subhead to that is that the economy created 163,000 non-farm jobs last month, but 150,000 unemployed workers gave up and quit looking for a job. That&#8217;s a net of just 13,000 jobs. Not a lot of good economic news in that.]]>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 07:16:07 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/08/03/how-politico-reports-on-bad-economic-news-n169353