As Always, Life In The Legacy Media Imitates Orwell, Too

Newsbusters spots U.S. News & World Report claiming, “Why a Rising Unemployment Rate Is Good News.”



Hey, it all depends on who’s in power: back in 2004, CNN was giving President Bush grief for an unemployment rate that was nearly half of President Obama’s. Or as the Professor writes today, “That’s the great thing about having a Democrat in the White House: Everything is good news!”

Mike Opelka of Big Journalism adds, “Earth to Media: Unemployment Numbers Are Like Golf Scores — the Lower the Better.”