Because June’s unemployment numbers came out in the middle of a four-day July 4 weekend, CNSNews.com didn’t devote the usual breadth of coverage. Still, it was as slanted as usual. Susan Jones’ lead story was typical pro-Trump rah-rah:
After the Fourth of July fireworks, the fifth of July brings another reason for Americans to celebrate.
A record 157,005,000 people were employed in June, the most since February and the 19th record of Trump’s presidency, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
And the economy added a strong 224,000 jobs in June, well above the estimate of 160,000.
The unemployment rate, the lowest in 50 years, ticked up a tenth of a point to 3.7 percent.
Jones also spun away the relatively low labor force participation rate after years of obsessing over it under President Obama. While Jones did concede that June’s 62.9 percent is below the highest figure under Trump, she gushed over its slight uptick from July, adding, “The payroll taxes paid by people who participate in the labor force help support those who do not participate, so the higher this number, the better.”
The only other story this time around was an article by Craig Bannister n the Hispanic unemployment rate, which “inched up to 4.3% from its record-low the previous two months.” Editor in chief Terry Jeffrey did not contribute his usual sidebars on manufacturing jobs and government employment, presumably because of the long holiday weekend.