Why do people believe the government when it says that unemployment is down, even though the government's own numbers show that less people have jobs?
Also, thankyou again to everyone who pointed me to the BLS when I was asking for sources.
[NPR nuthead beancounter who explains these things when NPR asks the same]
They are two sets of different information, and so can be reported differently, even though, added together, the message is rather different than either taken alone.
[/thanks NPR clear as mud you fuckoffs]