Kevin Drum: Unemployment Falls Off the Radar

Chart of the day — major newspapers barely mention unemployment any more.

In each of our five biggest newspapers, in the entire newspaper, there are now two mentions of unemployment per week. So that’s that. Nobody cares anymore. Politicians don’t talk about unemployment and the press doesn’t report about it. If you’re out of work — and 9% of the country still is — you’re on your own.

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