[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MEDIA SPINS JOBS REPORT

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to the American Enterprise 
Institute, the labor force participation rate has dropped to its lowest 
level in 30 years. The only reason the unemployment rate fell slightly 
to 8 percent is because another 522,000 adults quit looking for work 
and are no longer counted.
  Of course, it's no surprise that the liberal national media attempted 
to spin the numbers. Bloomberg dismissed the lack of new jobs as being 
a ``rounding error.'' Time magazine described the negative reports as 
being ``statistical noise.'' The liberal media fed this narrative with 
misleading statements like the economy is ``gaining steam,'' as The New 
York Times headlined the news, or that the economy was on a ``hiring 
surge,'' as the Associated Press claimed.
  The liberal media show its bias when it ignores the President's 
failed promises and failed attempts to create jobs.
  Americans are concerned about the lack of jobs and deserve the facts. 
When will the national media put their responsibility to the people 
ahead of protecting the President?

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