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What would be the point of the deception? To keep rates high? Politically it would be very stupid (dropping a bomb 100 days before a national election).

anon291 2y ago
The point of the deception is that no one reports the corrections while the 'X jobs added in May' reports are on the front page
- tekla 2y ago
  Im having a hard time taking this comment seriously when this article is on the front page Also as far as I know historically, the Govt always publishes revisions publicly. It's just that people dont know about it and dont really care to learn.
  - anon291 2y ago
    I never said the gov't doesn't publish them. I just said papers don't report them prominently. This is the first time I've seen it on the front page, despite similar corrections being made. EDIT: actually it's nowhere to be found on the front of nytimes.com, which is dedicated to the DNC. You have to scroll to get it. Whereas the positive jobs reports are often the headliner.
    - matwood 2y ago
      > I just said papers don't report them prominently. News, especially bad news (and when it comes to financials, news that falls outside expectations), is what gets reported. These revisions down are all over the news today.
- marinmania 2y ago
  People report this though. It's literally on the front page of the NYTimes right now (with the article this is linked to)
  - anon291 2y ago
    So this is the first time I've seen it on the front page of the NYTimes. The Biden administration has been doing this consistently for years now and normally it's buried deep inside. EDIT: actually it's nowhere to be found on the front of nytimes.com, which is dedicated to the DNC. You have to scroll to get it. Whereas the positive jobs reports are often the headliner.
    - marinmania 2y ago
      It's the third featured story for me now. The top story is one that criticizes Harris for her economic policies. I can't find the web version for the day the original report came out, but in print the initial jobs report was on B1. https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2024/03/09/todays-new-york-times https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2024/03/09/todays-... I'm not even sure if your conspiracy is that the government is cooking the books - or that newspapers are covering for Democrats.
      - anon291 2y ago
        It's not a conspiracy. It's just something I've noticed when talking to people. They will happily cite the jobs number that came out in the original report and then look blankly at you when you mention the revision. To me that indicates an imbalance.
- doomroot13 2y ago
  You're literally commenting on a thread for a NYTimes piece reporting on the corrections.

anon291 2y ago

The point of the deception is that no one reports the corrections while the 'X jobs added in May' reports are on the front page

tekla 2y ago
Im having a hard time taking this comment seriously when this article is on the front page Also as far as I know historically, the Govt always publishes revisions publicly. It's just that people dont know about it and dont really care to learn.
- anon291 2y ago
  I never said the gov't doesn't publish them. I just said papers don't report them prominently. This is the first time I've seen it on the front page, despite similar corrections being made. EDIT: actually it's nowhere to be found on the front of nytimes.com, which is dedicated to the DNC. You have to scroll to get it. Whereas the positive jobs reports are often the headliner.
  - matwood 2y ago
    > I just said papers don't report them prominently. News, especially bad news (and when it comes to financials, news that falls outside expectations), is what gets reported. These revisions down are all over the news today.
marinmania 2y ago
People report this though. It's literally on the front page of the NYTimes right now (with the article this is linked to)
- anon291 2y ago
  So this is the first time I've seen it on the front page of the NYTimes. The Biden administration has been doing this consistently for years now and normally it's buried deep inside. EDIT: actually it's nowhere to be found on the front of nytimes.com, which is dedicated to the DNC. You have to scroll to get it. Whereas the positive jobs reports are often the headliner.
  - marinmania 2y ago
    It's the third featured story for me now. The top story is one that criticizes Harris for her economic policies. I can't find the web version for the day the original report came out, but in print the initial jobs report was on B1. https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2024/03/09/todays-new-york-times https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2024/03/09/todays-... I'm not even sure if your conspiracy is that the government is cooking the books - or that newspapers are covering for Democrats.
    - anon291 2y ago
      It's not a conspiracy. It's just something I've noticed when talking to people. They will happily cite the jobs number that came out in the original report and then look blankly at you when you mention the revision. To me that indicates an imbalance.
doomroot13 2y ago
You're literally commenting on a thread for a NYTimes piece reporting on the corrections.