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If you take the raw numbers, the 1982-3 recession seems worse compared to the current depression: after all, during that time, unemployment stayed above ten percent for seven months.
A while ago, I snarked that ten percent U3 unemployment was the new normal.
Summary: Lott and Hassett have not analyzed their data correctly---it actually shows no evidence that headlines are biased against Republicans.
Via Atrios, I found this article at the American Prospect, which demonstrates an example of a very