Key phrase in the story:
The company collected the most recent data in April during the war in Iraq and the SARS crisis, which analysts say could account for some employer pessimism.
"April has to be one of the worst months in recent history to take an outlook survey," Anderson said. "We would expect that a war would depress hiring plans."
In other words, this survey was taken while the Iraq war was in full swing.
But then, until I read the story, I hadn't heard that. It certainly didn't show up on the radio news, or the newspaper where I read it. How many other people bothered to mention it?
The media's blind enthusiasm for Bush's destruction is going to wreck its credibility for good.
The latest "oops" from the Associated Press.