Tucker Carlson cited a false graph to try to argue that women outnumber men in the US workforce

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they do not

Fox News host Tucker Carlson used an inaccurate graph Thursday night to falsely argue that more US women are in work that men.

During a segment in which he attacked the labor policies of President Joe Biden, Carlson claimed that unemployment benefits and COVID-19 stimulus measures had driven people to quit their jobs.

"Our labor markets have been getting sicker for generations," Carlson said.

The host then showed two graphs, one showing that male participation in the workforce had dropped since the 1950s to around 65%, which is accurate.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-carlson-cited-graph-wrong-110314237.html

Carson lie? Quelle surprise.

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1. Carlson doubles down:

"As you can tell, for 70 years we've been losing men in the workforce," Carlson said, who said that work was crucial for men to stay happy.

"It's a problem, the average man defines himself by his job ... They need to work, they tend to fall apart when they don't work," he said.

"Many call this progress on the assumption that anything bad and degrading for men must be good for America, but it is not progress," Carlson said.

I wouldn't call what he does as "work". Mental exertion - yes. Work, no. He certainly seems miserable, so he fits what he's describing (doesn't work, tends to fall apart).

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2. Even if what he said

about there being more women in the workforce than men, who cares? Why would that be anything to be worrying about?

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3. Incredibly annoying how the M$M refuses to use the word 'lie' when discussing RePuQ assholes (nt)

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4. Here are the labor force participation rates data series with graphs

The first one is what is usually quoted. It is often criticized because a lot of the reason in the drop-off in recent years is due to boomer retirements

Labor Force Participation Rate (age 16+) by gender
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ALL: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
Men: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300001
Women: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300002

The below series doesn't have the boomer retirements problem

Labor Force Participation Rate (prime age 25-54) by gender
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All: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300060
Men: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300061
Women: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300062