How Mainstream Media Sees The US Economy -- May 3, 2018

Posted earlier:

Jobs: first time unemployment claims --

• prior: 209,000
• forecast: 224,000 --- which would be jump of almost 15,000 (seriously?)
• actual: 211,000 -- so, initial claims actually rose by 2,000
• comment: wow, that's a huge, huge discrepancy. It tells me the analysts did not "believe" the number last week when unemployment claims plunged by 24,000
• comment: making American great again

From the Drudge Report:

The mainstream media had two headlines to choose from:

• unemployment claims tick higher
• Americans receiving unemployment aid lowest since 1973

So, guess which headline CNBC / Reuters chose? Yup, from CNBC:

Oh, yes, did you hear the good news coming out of North Korea?