Brooks and Marcus on PBS News: Getting Just About Everything Wrong on the Economy (see correction)

The PBS Newshour won the gold medal for journalistic malpractice on Friday by having David Brooks and Ruth Marcus tell the country what the Friday jobs report means. Brooks and Marcus got just about everything they said completely wrong.

Starting at the beginning, Brooks noted the slower than projected job growth and told listeners:

"Yes, I think there's a consensus growing both on left and right that we -- the structural problems are becoming super obvious.

"So when the -- this recession sta...