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The US Lost 23,000 Jobs in July
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Extra Extra has grouped 9 reports on this story from 9 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 7 left-leaning, 1 center, and 1 right-leaning sources.
Its coverage-diversity score of 62 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.
On reliability, 9 of the 9 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 47 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Mother Jones, Tennessee Lookout, Kansas Reflector, Wisconsin Examiner, Minnesota Reformer, Arizona Mirror, The New Republic, Christian Science Monitor, The American Conservative.
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Mother JonesBAug 7, 6:02 PM
The US Lost 23,000 Jobs in July
The Labor Department reported Friday that American nonfarm employers cut 23,000 jobs in July, a drop some attribute to employers’ wariness to hire amidst tariffs and the costs of the war in Iran. At t
Tennessee LookoutBAug 9, 4:48 PM
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics relea
Kansas ReflectorBAug 7, 6:07 PM
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics relea
Wisconsin ExaminerBAug 7, 5:50 PM
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics relea
Minnesota ReformerBAug 7, 5:47 PM
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics relea
Arizona MirrorBAug 7, 5:52 PM
July jobs report shows hiring at a ‘virtual standstill’ as businesses shed 23K jobs
U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics relea
The New RepublicBAug 7, 5:52 PM
Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women
Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report. Overall, t
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