I am amazed at how the mainstream news media "covers" an issue.
Last week, when the June jobs report was released, I watched television, listened to radio and scanned the internet to see how the news media would report the disappointing news. Only 80,000 jobs were created in June, the third straight month of paltry jobs numbers.
I just happened to watch NBC News, listened to ABC News Radio and viewed an article on MSN. What I learned from their "reporting" was that the President viewed the report as "progress," while Mitt Romney thought the report was a "kick in the gut." I also learned from their reporting that a major supporter of President Obama had passed one day after he visited her restaurant, and that the President had ordered a hamburger and chatted with patrons of a diner in Pennsylvania.
Are you kidding me? This was their reporting of a major economic indicator that shows a stagnated economy?
If these news media outlets were all public relations firms for the President, they couldn't have done a better job. The fluff pieces trying to paint the President as an "every man" who mingles with the masses and visits a strong supporter one day before she dies are not news. They're propaganda.
Where was the analysis of the jobs report numbers? The fact is that about one-third of all jobs created in June were in temp agencies. Where was the context for this jobs report? America needs to add between 125,000 and 150,000 jobs each month to NOT lose ground in the battle against unemployment, given the number of new people entering the workforce each month. Where was the context of the average American family whose father and mother are both out of work? Millions of Americans are unemployed, underemployed or have simply given up looking for work.
But to the mainstream news media, coverage of our President visiting a diner is more important than coverage of the real issues in this campaign.
When your candidate doesn't have a record on which to run, your public relations machine has to work hard to put that candidate in a good light. The PR Machine, also known as the lamestream news media, is working overtime.
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