Reality vs. press

[RedWorker]

Reality:
http://www.wsws.org/asset/b8a130f7-d4ce-4fba-a0e6-157f0cbbecbL/missing_workers.jpg
Press:
http://i.imgur.com/moSB3Sc.png

[Loony Le Fist]

Also, unemployment doesn't count the under employed and those working under the table. I like to look at the employment/population ratio from the BLS myself. It's probably the most unbiased number they put out.

US BLS Employment-Population Ratio


http://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_LNS12300000_2004_2014_all_period_M0 9_data.gif



Things are improving--but only slightly. Another problem is the quality of jobs. Are you adding 10,000 $15/hr jobs or 10,000 $7/hr jobs? Unemployment doesn't tell you that--neither does the aforementioned ratio.

[Skyhilist]

Even if the press used these statistics accurately, they would still serve no useful purpose the way that the news would be using them.