Media parrots "worker shortage" claims; but the public isn't buying it
Just before the 2008 recession, Michael Teitelbaum of the Sloan Foundation (dedicated to the education of science and technology in America) bluntly told the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation that there is no shortage of scientists and engineers in America's educational pipeline. Teitelbaum further charged that the press too often echoed the industry lobbyists' "shortage" claims while ignoring the substantial body of evidence to the contrary. Four years later, the mainstream media is still proving Teitelbaum right.