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The Nobody Wants to Work Lies— The Spin from Fox News
Is This Really the Issue? Fox News promotes the ‘nobody wants to work’ fallacy repeatedly, but is this really the issue? If people aren’t working, how are they surviving?
The answer is simple: they’re not. This isn’t about people avoiding work, it’s about a lack of opportunities and resources to maintain a stable income.
The labor participation rate has been steadily declining since its peak in the late 1990s due to technological advances and global economic changes that have made certain jobs obsolete
The Spin on Low Labor Participation by Fox News
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor participation rate in the United States has been steadily declining over the last few decades. This is a cause for concern for many people.
But one news, correction media organization, Fox News, has taken an interesting approach to reporting on this issue.
Look at what Fox is saying about low labor participation and how it is spinning this issue for its own benefit.
