A reader sends this screen shot from his news stream this morning:
For previous installments, see coverage of jobs data, Medicare, jobs again, and the ongoing shift in WSJ story-play and headline-writing.
(Before you ask: Yes, this reader must be based on the West Coast, because the jobs figures would still have been under embargo as of 6:46am Eastern time.)
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James Fallows is a staff writer at The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Jimmy Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the 2018 book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which was a national best seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.