Great Headline: Slowing Job Growth Seen as Ominous Sign for Economy But the Times contradicts itslef within the first two paragraphs-journalism at its best. The nation gained a modest 94,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department reported yesterday, pulling back considerably from the previous month in the clearest sign yet that the American economy was headed for a substantial slowdown.BUT WAIT....if one reads past the scary headline and dire first sentence we come to the contradiction which painst a more nuanced and optimistiv view of the economy But the jobs report, a much-anticipated indicator of the health of the economy, also provided some comfort that the United States had not slipped into a recession and might not be weakening as rapidly as some experts feared. With business leaders expressing uncertainty about the prospects for further growth, analysts said, a better view of the direction of the economy was not likely to emerge until next year. For the Times, good...(Read Full Post)