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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Are automaker woes skewing unemployment figures?

In the summer, the Big 3 usually idle factories and lay off workers. But this year, they're ahead of schedule

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:30 AM

Yep

I’ve been saying it for months. As Democrats take ownership of the economy, we can expect to see more favorable coverage of economic news in the media. No longer will government be undercounting the unemployed, they’ll be overstating unemployment.

The best part is – a lot of the economic news becomes self fulfilling. If enough people on the TV are telling Americans that the economy is getting better, they’ll go out and buy that car/house/whatever they’ve been waiting to buy and the economy really will get better.

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