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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKayleigh McEnany Joins Trumps State TV
It is real spin, at best. And it feels a lot like real propaganda or state TV.
In her first 90-second segment, McEnany makes a number of questionable claims, most notably about the credit President Trump deserves for continued strong economic growth. Below, I've transcribed the whole segment, with some reality checks interjected.
Hey, everybody. I'm Kayleigh McEnany. Thank you for joining us as we provide the news of the week from Trump Tower here in New York. More great economic news on Friday: The July jobs report added a better-than-expected 209,000 new jobs. Overall, since the president took office, President Trump has created more than 1 million new jobs, the unemployment rate is at a 16-year low, and consumer confidence is at a 16-year high all while the Dow Jones continues to break records. President Trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction.
First off, it is true that the July jobs report was better than expected. It is also true that the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been since 2001. And these are legitimately good stories for Trump to tell.
But like Trump, McEnany takes it too far. Saying that Trump has created more than 1 million jobs and that Trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction is taking some real liberties. And that's for one big reason: The jobs picture has largely continued the trends from late in President Barack Obama's administration. In his first six months, the economy under Trump has indeed added more than 1 million new jobs 1.07 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But in the last six months under Obama, the economy added slightly more jobs than that 1.08 million. And if anything, the average jobs growth under Trump is actually slightly slower than it was in Obama's final years:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/07/trump-tvs-real-news-sounds-more-like-real-propaganda
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)JDC
(10,144 posts)It will never be viewed on any of my TVs, even by accident. Blocked, pure and simple
Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)of putting her on a discussion panel, my tv goes OFF. She is awful. She is ridiculous. She is unwatchable. She is a LIAR.
ksoze
(2,068 posts)MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)CNN's gain. Now if they would send Jeffrey Lord packing...
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I can't stomach any of them.
MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)He needs to go too.
underpants
(183,006 posts)Horrible. She and Jeffrey Love should have never been on the air.
jmowreader
(50,585 posts)She forgot to mention that the production quota for boots had been exceeded for the second quarter, that upon the release of this news there were spontaneous demonstrations in the streets all across America thanking President Trump for our new happy life, that the chocolate ration had been increased from 30 grammes a week to 20, or that we've always been at war with Eastasia.
Didn't anyone tell Two Scoops that setting up a full-scale Ministry of Truth straight out of Orwell's 1984 looks really bad?
GoCubsGo
(32,100 posts)I am still waiting for someone to explain to me why I, or anyone else, should care what dingbats like her and that Tomi freak say or think. Who the hell is this woman? Are we supposed to accept what she says solely on the fact that she's a young, mildly attractive, make-up-caked, blonde with a cross around her neck? Sorry. Ain't gonna happen.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,034 posts)Initech
(100,135 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,411 posts)She doesn't do that for free, I'm sure.