Fuzzy Journalism

If anyone reading (assuming anyone is reading) wonders why I referred to Lou Dobbs as a non-journalist, consider the following, minor example from Lou Dobbs Tonight last night:

Working harder for less is a provable fact. Since 1995, productivity is up 33 percent. But real wages have been falling since 2000.

First, we are more productive because of technological advances. Should we be paid more, or even the same amount, for operating better and better machines, the operation of which requires less and less skill?

But second, and this is the point, if you are making the case for more output and less pay, shouldn't you compare both productivity and real wages from the same year? Meaning productivity v. real wages from 2000, or better, productivity v. real wages from 1995?

Brief, but telling.