http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/jobs_wages_unemployment This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Jobs/Wages/Unemployment en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160011 In an editorial about the pay gap between male and female workers, <em>The Washington Times</em> falsely asserted that "the relevant factors that affect pay -- occupation, experience, seniority, education and hours worked -- are ignored by those citing the wage gap." The editorial also asserted that "women tend to place a higher priority on flexibility and personal fulfillment" than on higher pay. In fact, a GAO study found that a pay gap persists even when controlling for work experience, seniority, education, industry, occupation, race, marital status, and job tenure. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807160011 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:01:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200703090007 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:19:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701230008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200701230008 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:58:33 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701100009 On his CNN program, Glenn Beck allowed the Cato Institute's James Dorn to repeat a much-circulated myth that the minimum wage increase proposal would benefit "typically your part-time ... young workers that are making minimum wage," adding that [m]ost of these workers are in families that have incomes in the middle income or even higher middle-income families." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701100009 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:43:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701090006 In his latest column, Rich Lowry wrote that "[t]he effect" of a Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage "basically will be to give a small boost to the wage of teenagers working summers or after school." In fact, the Economic Policy Institute found that 71 percent of those who would be "directly affected" by the Democratic minimum-wage proposal are age 20 or over. http://mediamatters.org/items/200701090006 Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:39:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210004 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:19:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210006 George F. Will falsely suggested that most employees who would benefit from a Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour are "students and other part-time workers." In fact, a majority of those who would be affected by the Democratic minimum-wage proposal are full-time workers. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210006 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:21:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611030014 During an interview with White House counselor Dan Bartlett, CNN's Tony Harris touted newly released unemployment figures while ignoring the negative news -- that the job creation rate for the month of October fell well short of expectations. Harris also failed to challenge Bartlett's claims that Democrats would raise taxes if they win control of Congress; that the wealthy "are paying more as a percentage of taxes than they did before the tax relief"; and that Democrats must raise taxes because "it's fundamentally within their DNA to spend money." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611030014 Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:55:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610250019 MSNBC and Fox News uncritically reported claims by the Bush administration, including that "wages for the average middle-class American today are actually higher than they were just a couple of years ago," ignoring a report alleging that the median hourly real wage has "declined 2 percent since 2003." http://mediamatters.org/items/200610250019 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:05:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608150003 On <em>The Beltway Boys</em>, Fred Barnes baselessly asserted that congressional Democrats opposed a bill that would have increased the minimum wage because "Democrats have decided, 'We're not going to help Republicans on anything. ... We're going to object to it ... even when they're offering us things like hiking the minimum wage that we like.' " Barnes did not mention that House Republicans tied the wage increase to a bill that would cut the estate tax, a proposal Democrats vehemently opposed for providing a disproportionate benefit to the wealthiest Americans. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608150003 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:49:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070001 On MSNBC's <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named Ann Coulter "Worst Person in the World" for suggesting in a column that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a closeted lesbian. During the segment, Olbermann also awarded Neal Boortz third place for falsely stating that most workers on minimum wage are teenagers and for calling adult minimum-wage workers "pathetic" and "worthless." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070001 Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:41:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608050001 On his radio show, before reading comments from a <em>Media Matters for America</em> item that documented his August 3 remarks describing adult minimum-wage earners as "incompetent," "ignorant," "stupid," "worthless," and "pathetic," Neal Boortz again smeared them, calling adult minimum-wage earners "100 percent pure unadulterated loser[s]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608050001 Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:18:45 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030008 ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper and <em>Washington Post</em> staff writer Jeffrey Birnbaum both uncritically reported conservatives' argument that a minimum-wage increase will eliminate existing jobs and discourage the creation of new ones. However, several studies show that minimum-wage increases do not hurt employment. http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030008 Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:30:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030007 Neal Boortz asked his audience, "[H]ow incompetent, how ignorant, how worthless is an adult that can't earn more than the minimum wage?" Boortz also falsely claimed that "most of the people that earn [the] minimum wage are teenagers." http://mediamatters.org/items/200608030007 Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:30:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200607280006 <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>The Washington Post</em> credited GOP "moderates" with forcing the Republican leadership to allow a vote on increasing the minumum wage, burying the fact that Democrats have been pushing for years to increase the minimum wage. The <em>Times</em> and the <em>Post</em> also uncritically repeated the argument, often put forth by opponents of a wage increase, that a higher minimum wage will result in job losses and discourage job creation. http://mediamatters.org/items/200607280006 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:55:51 EST