Weaselly words and a little help from his friends at the Press

There are some advantages to having your own State Run Media: The Media Fall for Phony 'Jobs' Claims:

"The expression 'create or save,' which has been used regularly by the President and his economic team, is an act of political genius," writes Mr. Mankiw. "You can measure how many jobs are created between two points in time. But there is no way to measure how many jobs are saved. Even if things get much, much worse, the President can say that there would have been 4 million fewer jobs without the stimulus."

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