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alp227

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Thu Jul 3, 2014, 11:51 AM Jul 2014

Fox News TV hypes "real unemployment" (U6) rate

Word is that Fox News is burying the new jobs report. It's true!



The network devoted a whopping twenty-seven seconds to the news Thursday morning, some of which was spent displaying the “real” unemployment rate (the U6 number over the U3 number), lest anybody get carried away. Fox then segued into yesterday’s Quinnipiac poll showing a plurality of voters pining for Mitt Romney.

The website was no different. Fox stuck the news in a tiny link frame way to the side:

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Fox News TV hypes "real unemployment" (U6) rate (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2014 OP
Yep I noticed it too underpants Jul 2014 #1
Not my screencaps. Mediaite's. nt alp227 Jul 2014 #2
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