Fox News’ flagship morning show, Fox & Friends, once again failed to cover a strong monthly jobs report. Instead of reporting on the gain of 353,000 jobs over the past month, the program spent time fearmongering about crime (even as crime rates plummet nationwide) and showing viewers how to make Tom Brady’s favorite dessert.
The Associated Press reported that the huge number of jobs added is “the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades.” This adds to the 333,000 that were added in December, “a figure that was itself revised sharply higher,” and the unemployment rate “stayed at 3.7%, just above a half-century low.”
Washington Post columnist Heather Long, who was previously an economics correspondent at the paper, wrote in a social media post that it was a “blockbuster” jobs number, “far exceeding expectations of 180,000.” She added, “This is a really healthy economy,” and noted that the annual wage growth of 4.5% is “far ahead of” the 3.4% inflation rate.