To be fair, it's not as though the government treats the wealth of data as equally important and the media just fixates on one measure. The government wants to

To be fair, it's not as though the government treats the wealth of data as equally important and the media just fixates on one measure. The government wants to tout that low unemployment rate as well, and they make sure to do so whenever it fits their purposes. Still a far cry from saying they're lying to us, but they're not exactly innocent victims either.