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SC Gov. Nikki Haley Lashes Out at Media Over Negative Jobs Report Coverage

Nikki Haley South Carolina Unemployment Jobs MediaCOLUMBIA, S.C. (The Blaze/AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called the media too negative after The Associated Press raised questions about her claim that 10,000 jobs had been created in the state since she took office in January.

Haley complained during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday the media doesn’t want to report anything positive about her administration. She says regardless of the exact number of jobs, other governors are jealous.

An AP analysis of the 10,000 jobs cited by Haley revealed some of them were announced before she took office and others won’t be filled for years. She also included hundreds of jobs created in a business deal that she opposed. WJBF-TV has more:

After repeated questioning by the AP, the state changed its jobs total several times before finally lowering it to about 9,000 positions, including 4,000 positions at Walmart stores.

Her response was to criticize the media. A post Monday on her Facebook page read, “To my friends in the press: try to be positive. Just once. You might like it and the people of our state will appreciate it.”

She repeated the criticism on Tuesday. ”You know what I want so desperately? I want the people of this state to feel good about the things we’re doing right, and it makes me laugh that the press is so determined to talk about the negatives,” she said.

Bringing jobs to South Carolina will continue to be her top priority, particularly in rural areas, she told reporters after the meeting. She promised a big jobs announcement this week with Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt. WJBF.com reports:

…South Carolina…has a 10.0 percent unemployment rate. She wouldn’t give details until the announcement about how many jobs, what company or where the jobs will be.

We asked whether there are other jobs on the way to the state. She said, “I can‘t talk about any of them because they won’t let me. What I will tell you is I have given…Hitt the job of an announcement a week, and whether he hits that or doesn’t, I am aggressively on him and on the phone every day. Every day I’m talking to companies.”

Hitt apologized to Haley at the meeting, saying the overstatement was his agency’s fault.

“We’ve changed how we report our jobs data,” he said. “There’s plenty to be proud of right now in regards to economic development.”

The first jobs list provided last week by the governor’s office totaled 9,922 jobs. An updated list deleted some lines and added others, bringing the new tally to 10,210 — raising more questions about seemingly nonexistent announcements and some announced last year.

A third list totaled 9,400 jobs. Further questions saw the number shrink to about 9,000. Commerce Department spokeswoman Amy Love said forthcoming job announcements companies had been listed prematurely.

The final list also included 750 jobs with Amazon.com that were a condition of a deal to give Amazon a 4½ year exemption from collecting sales tax from South Carolina’s online customers. Haley opposed the deal, but it eventually became law without her signature.

Haley acknowledged that some jobs were handled by the previous governor. She also acknowledged counting jobs that did not involve the state, including the Walmart jobs and 350 jobs at a rebuilt Tanger Outlet in Beaufort County. Haley attended the grand opening of the center where work started more than a year earlier. She said even if the state played no role in recruiting the jobs, she spoke with company officials and all jobs need to be celebrated.

“My governor colleagues are jealous of what we’re doing. All I want is for South Carolina to realize how prideful we should be and how we’re on the move, and we‘ve got some improvements but we’re going to continue making progress,” she said.

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  • thinkhard64
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:28pm

    awww quit saying that things are bad. I mean just bacause your car and house and employment are gone. That is the change that you were promised and now you just hope you will survive! VOTE smart next time!!

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    • lobster
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 9:16am

      Until the dufuss running the country into the ground recognizes that almost 50% of the GDP is from various construction and housing that THEY have put in the toilet through their stupid policies of appraising houses on a comp. basis the whole gemish (sp.) is going to continue to trash. Just saying..

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  • Quasi-socialist
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:35pm

    Lessee… polls=bedrock reality, studies, not so much.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:23pm

    There would PROBABLY be MORE jobs if the UNIONS wouldn’t FIGHT companies that want to locate i that RIGHT TO WORK state! They turn around and SUE. HELLO? Obama promised jobs and WE WANT THEM NOW!

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    • Whostolemypig
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:05pm

      Obama wants UNION job for his Chicago thug cronies, to hell with the rest of us.

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:39pm

      that other 1,000 jobs – those are the ones that Eric Holder and Barack Hussein Obama stopped from getting to South Carolina. Did the press report that was where the jobs failed to meet the ones she reported? and, just for the sake of argument – those thousand jobs are there – just need to let them go to work.

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    • Southernguy
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 8:23pm

      I could sure use a job right now.

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  • Eyeball
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:22pm

    Yeah, I agree with the governor. The media needs to quit telling the truth and start lieing about the job status in the country.

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    • American_Bearcat
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:44pm

      I don’t think she is really asking them to lie. I think that she is just asking them to put a positive spin on the report

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    • rexriley
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:49pm

      Exactly… only King Obama can be deemed responsible for “saving or creating” jobs.

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  • Michael600r
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:39pm

    It is not the job of the press to be “positive”. The press is supposed to report the facts.

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    • imreddog
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:05pm

      This must be some of the “new math” that has been taught in the government schools. I don’t know if she is a Demoncrap or a Republican, but she was evidently caught in an outright lie. Hey voters, time for a change.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:10pm

      Agreed, and besides what the hell is she doing anyway ? The jobs report is a referendum on the odumbo administration , if its bad then they aren’t doing their job and will be voted out.. Sheesh!!! shut up and sit down Nikki.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:14pm

      Sorry I misspoke.. the dumb editors on this blaze site failed to put in the headline S.C job reports, I thought they were talking about the nations J.R, anyway..
      it shouldve read , SC Gov. Nikki Haley Lashes Out at Media Over Negative “STATE” Jobs Report Coverage…

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:20pm

      You’re dreaming

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  • Regular_Army
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:14pm

    As long as they feel good who cares about reality. Typical communist.

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    • chalkdust
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Um, she is not a communist. Her administration claimed 10000 jobs and the number was really 9000. They aired on the “positive” side and as a resident of this state, I am fine with that. She is really focused on bringing jobs to this state and so far she’s doing a great job. She has a positive attitude and we should all make an effort to do the same. By the way, she is a Republican and was endorsed by Sara Palin. The “good ‘ol boys” at the state house can’t stand her and that makes her all the more endearing in my estimation.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:10pm

    Progressive media… What a contradiction!

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  • Ft Lauderdale Dad
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:05pm

    she should just do what Obama does….give some numbers about how many jobs she saved

    since the press never questioned Obama about that…I’m sure they would not question her either…right?

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  • GRAMPA-D-NH
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:25am

    Pleading with the liberal media to “be positive” is futile and reveals weakness. Just stick to your agenda, produce results, and be selective with outlets who are ‘fair and balance’ to get your message out.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:12pm

      Never beg. Never show your fear. And act as if their opinion matters in the slightest.

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  • Tagudinian
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:11am

    Gov Haley continue to create the environment that helps the private sector to hire and to create more jobs. Regardless what the Obama Media report, your positive actions will bear you out. The truth will come out.

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  • stefooch
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:04am

    Keep up the good work, Nikki. If the press is being negative is because you’re winning!

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  • Whostolemypig
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:34am

    The media here in SC is predominately liberal, as it is around the country. Nikki could save a child from a hungry bear and she would be criticized for cruelty to animals. She has fought hard for jobs here Of course Eric Holder is trying to keep the new Boeing Plant in Charleston from Opening, simply because SC is a right to work state. She signed into law a voter photo ID law because here in SC we are tired of dead people and non-US citizens voting. But the liberals want to use your utility bill as a voter ID. Now that really makes sense, have the utility company verify your voter eligibility. Funny that those claiming to be denied the right to vote because they claim not to have a photo ID, are able to cash welfare checks and Social Security checks, the bank has to have a photo to verify who cashed the check. All the negative comments about Nikki are nothing but brainless liberal tactics to get at any conservative in office. The IDIOT liberal that made the comment about her Sikh parent needs to do a little research about the Sikhs. These of some of the most moral, hardworking and honest people on the face of the earth, most importantly they have a strong sense of family values. And from what I have experienced, adhere more to American values than any socialist, progressive liberal in this nation.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:56am

      The utility bill thing is because illegal aliens can go together to rent a house, or buy one with cash, and therefore have a utility bill. Then illegals could vote. I’m all for the photo ID. Don’t most states give a state ID for free? I also hate the liberals saying that it will hurt the hispanic, elderly and student population. I knew if the media was reporting negatively on her, she was probably a conservative.

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  • Shiroi Raion
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:28am

    What’s that mean? Try to be more positive? Don’t tell the people the truth, the facts? Tell the people positive numbers even if it’s a lie? Ignore the jobs lost over the last 3 years and only count the jobs added? No thanks, I prefer knowing the truth.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:32am

      or is it the other way around? Whichever, just tell us the truth.

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    • Obama_Sham
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:22am

      Agreed… In this rant, she sounded like King Barry… Fudging job numbers… What’s next?!? The total of jobs saved?!?

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  • Lotus503
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:22am

    Hey, Nikki! Why doesn’t South Carolina give away capes to the unemployed, like Florida did? It’s just as stupid as you saying that we need to sugar-coat the truth about the terrible unemployment rates in this counrty.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/20/fla-job-center-criticized-passing-capes-unemployed/

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  • RicD
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:13am

    We critically need to create jobs in the private sector. Obama, and others like him, seem to think that jobs created by the government will be the answer. That only means a bigger drain on the taxpayers. Our governmental policies have driven all of our jobs out of the country. We need to deregulate the massive burdens put on small business, control the out-of-control unions and stop spending money we don’t have. We also need to reign-in the outrageous costs of health care, which I believe also stems back to the government. My mother-in-law had an overnight stay in the hospital for a minor ailment and the bill ran into the thousands! That would never be the case if Medicare wasn’t so corrupted. Less government involvement and control is the only answer. Free markets set the best example for prices.

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  • nysparkie
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:00am

    I want job in Western NY. Good for SC. Their Gov is Hot, Cuomo looks like some type of discarded Panda toy. The politics in NY from Albany to NYC will never allow Western NY to prosper. Just pay and pay and pay. Stupid press. Always hitting on the positive when it comes from the Right and giving a pass to the left even when they are wrong or wrong headed just is plain wrong. The press is suppose to be the 4th branch of Gov’t. Not the aide-to-camp of the left.

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  • Attention2Detail
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:55am

    Figures don’t lie, but politicians and the press do. The truth is that Nikki was trying to make herself look good, and the AP was trying to make her look bad. The real numbers get lost somewhere in between.

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  • Ironeagle
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:54am

    Go Nikki–we call that: “BOOM WINNING”

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  • liberalsarealiens
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:51am

    The MSM will attack any conservative on any issue with vigor! Nothing new here but one must stand up and hold fast to the truth!

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  • psst
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:43am

    Rush calls the AP, AP Obama.
    All one needs to know when One hears the MSM attacking a pol. You can make book that the pol or pols will have an R behind their name 99% of the time.
    You can bet your karse if it was a republican prez who babbled about creating gazillions of “Shovel Ready” jobs by spendign/borrowing/printing gazillions of $$ and the unemployment continues to skyrocket.
    Well! the shoutings from the roof-tops would never ever cease. it would go on and on and on. 25/8.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:05am

      Maybe should have deflected that question by pointing out that the Obama union supporting adminstration along the the DOJ did nothing to stop the union that threatened boen from opening a plant in her state. In fact they support the unions that were blocking the job creation in her state.

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  • starman70
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:42am

    Nikki, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB! Don’t give the communists running the media a second thought. They are so jealous because South Carolina is moving forward while their bastions of union and liberal thought continue to lose jobs and population to South Carolina, Texas and other states without restrictive taxes, regulatory nightmares and business climates full of anti-business politicians.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:47am

      She is SO beautiful that she is 100% Conservative Woman! Not like Liberal bow-wows.

      She is Governor Hottie, almost as good as Sarah (better if she would just work out more and have some touch up surgery in the future). But she is still younger than Michele or Sarah.

      Go South Carolina, Go!

      TEA

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:25am

      TO MONICNE. I like your Pelosi avatar. So you have been slowly becoming a conservative. lol. I knew that you would eventually come around. Only, we don’t give a crap about superficial things like the liberals. We don’t care how pretty or ugly this woman is. We are concerned about her Intelligence and education and her common-sense approach to fixing Our beloved Country. And quit representing yourself as a TEA PARTY member. You are far from being allowed at any TEA party yet. They would tar and feather you. lol.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:12pm

      The Taxed Enough Already party is a ground-up citizen’s movement that consists of average American citizens just like me, and anyone trying to intimidate my US Patriot participation is obviously a TROLL baiting coward afraid of intellectual discourse. I would advise them to NOT read anything I post and be quiet.

      By the way July 21st is Troll Appreciation Day.

      TEA

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:42am

    ya know I REALLY am sick of fuzzy math in Government. I live near Flint MI a hell hole if ever there was one. WORSE than even detriot. GM announced they were giving more money to a local truck plant and I hear the UAW saying how GREAT this is because it will RETAIN or CREATE 150 jobs. excuse me how can you measure retained or saved Jobs? How can you count jobs that have NOT happened yet? If the man on the unemployement line doesnt have a job its NOT a job created. grow up Government and get a clue

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  • Nathan-H
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:41am

    Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa[10] in Bamberg, South Carolina on January 20, 1972. Her parents, Dr. Ajit and Raj Randhawa, are Sikh immigrants from Amritsar, Punjab, India. FOLKS… THEY ARE IN OUR GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE RUNNING OUR COUNTRY THAT HAVE NO REAL AMERICAN FAMILY ROOTS. THIS LADY IS NOT (R).. UNLESS THAT STANDS FOR RINO.

     
    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:48am

      So we’re supposed to hate Sikhs now? Why exactly? Are they blowing people up? Are they cutting heads off? If you want to denegrate her, you’ll have to come up with something better than that or the only poeople we would be able to vote for are American Indians.

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    • R4M0N
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:48am

      Where her parents are form and her Maiden name are completely irrelevant and, quite frankly, makes your post sound like a loony xenophobe. I’m getting my citizenship this year. Are you saying I have no real roots to America?

      I’d say I have more love for this country than many people who were born here and take it for granted, my friend. As for her being (or not being) a RINO, that’s completely separate from her origins and should not be balled up together in the same argument.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:51am

      Nobody has “real American family roots.” And she’s not one of those running our country. She’s a State Governor.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:58am

      R4M0N
      Pay no attention to that post, this country was built on LEGAL immigration. Congratulations, welcome to the U.S. and God Bless America!

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    • harumph
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:58am

      Are you kidding me? She is probably more conservative than you’ll ever be. From where do your ancestors hail? By the way, Bobby Jindal’s parents were not from this country, either. And yet, his intellect runs circles around most every liberal bonehead Congressman/woman in Washington.

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    • starman70
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:59am

      ALL Americans, including Native Americans are all immigrints from somewhere! the Native Americans came from Asia some 40,000 years ago. Before that, there were no people in North America at all. Even your forebearers immigrated from somewhere.

      Nikki Haley may be the daughter of parents (Legally immigrated) from India but she is an AMERICAN by birth and has every right and priveledge afforded to every American and that includes running for political office.

      I am from South Carolina and Nikki is doing a great job for our state. Too bad we can’t get rid of some of the deadwood Democrats in our state legislature who want to keep us in the dark ages. We need businessmen and people with business experience to run our state and our Federal Governments.

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    • psst
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:15am

      Nathan, you are catching, or as we say down here, ketching heat on this post.
      Rightfully so.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:03am

      @NATHAN-H
      Thanks for the bio on Nikki Haley. The rest of your post exposes your ignorance and hatred of brown-skinned people. You admit she was born as an American, but then say “they” are infiltrating our government and have no “real American” family roots. So far, Nikki has shown she knows what she is doing and believes in the same values we do. Do something about your irrational fear of imigrants.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:39am

    I thought the press in SC was somewhat non partisan – I guess I was wrong – They have been infected with the stupid liberal socialist bug. The folks should boycott them – the pocket book talks louder than posts

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:37am

    If Obama would let Boeing open a plant there, it might help. He actually believes in blocking job growth in S.C. and all red states. Where’s the effing AP on that?

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    • starman70
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:45am

      The AP and the rest of the “Mainstream Media” are in bed woth Obama. What other kind of story would you expect from them?

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:52am

      The plant has been open for a year and is very effectively running along today. O’Bummer actually had nothing to do with the Boeing venture which was initiated in 2006. The new Governor Halley had very little to do with it but is keeping the operation going in the right to work state she leads.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:00am

      I don’t expect anything more from the AP Starman but, it still ****** me off.

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