Reuters provides cover for Obama

Reuters has been shamelessly pro-Obama all along. Following is from a story titled "Obama says he inherited economic problems":

Obama noted that the United States had seen 17 months of consecutive private-sector job growth, rising corporate profits and stabilized credit markets under his watch.

I'm calling bullshit on this. Since March of this year, 900,000 fewer Americans are working full-time. Were none of those job losses in the private sector?

This story has all the earmarks of propaganda: It's virtually unsourced--the story says only that Obie was "speaking at a Democratic fundraiser"--and paraphrases rather than giving an exact quote. Of course this could just be sloppy reporting.

Another indication that it's propaganda is in the last 'graf:

At a separate event...Obama [said] revenues needed to be raised, the tax code would have to be reformed, and modest adjustments to the Medicare healthcare program would have to be enacted.

Modest adjustments, huh? In this context that's political-speak for "cuts." But of course the Dems have constantly claimed it's the Republicans who are threatening to cut Medicare. This carefully constructed narrative would be damaged if Obama admitted that he wanted to cut that program.

Solution? Don't call it a cut; call it an "adjustment." So Dems get a win-win: Sophisticated investors listening to Obie knew he was calling for cuts, but if anyone were to ask a direct question later (as if Obozo would ever take questions except from his safe friends) they can say with a straight face "That's an outrageous tea-party slur! We never called for cuts to Medicare!"

Clever, huh.

All that's necessary is to ensure that the reporter and editor will play ball, instead of using the more usual (and shorter) "cuts." So how do Obie's handlers know they can trust a news agency to...oh, right.