US EditionMSNBC analyst tries to mislead about federal workers and gets swift backlash online
- Steve Rattner, a former Obama administration official, faced backlash for misleading claims about federal worker numbers on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show.
- Critics argued that Rattner's chart misrepresented federal workforce growth by focusing on percentages rather than actual numbers of employees, stating the number of federal workers increased by another 2.4% in 2024.
- Rob Eno claimed that Rattner's statistics misrepresented the actual federal workforce growth and highlighted the increasing number of high-earning federal employees.
- Gene Epstein noted that as of 2015, about 3.7 million contract employees worked for the federal government, emphasizing that they comprise a significant part of the workforce not represented in Rattner's graph.
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