CMV: Trump is right to attack the press. They are completely biased against him.

Nice job cutting out the follow up that completely negates the number:

But there are differences between the ratio and the widely used unemployment rate, which Trump used in citing the percentage.

The unemployment rate reflects the number of jobless people who are actively seeking work as a percentage of the available workforce - defined as those who have jobs or trying to find one.

The May unemployment rate for blacks ages 16 to 24 was 18.7 percent. The rate for whites in the same age group was 9.1 percent.

The employment-population ratio is a far broader measure that counts all civilians in its equation - even those who don’t work and aren’t looking for a job. In the 16- to 24-year-old category, it includes high school and college students who are not employed or seeking jobs.

The statement is dishonest because he portrayed the number of people who are not working as though that is the actual unemployment rate. It isn't. That is not what the unemployment rate is. Further, he didn't use any caveats. If he had said "real unemployment" (which Sanders did), then at least he makes it clear he is using an expanded definition. He did not do this and his number is significantly further from what his statement implies than Sanders' number is from the number he implies.

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