Misleading headline

In yesterday's USA Today newspaper, Thurs. June 28, 2012, one of the articles on the front page were:

Local, state hiring jumps
Government jobs hit 4-year high

That second line seemed very unlikely. While the private sector has been hiring, the loss of government jobs has been making prolonging the recession. Reading the article itself, it says that "state and local governments are hiring at the fastest pace in four years ..... "The number of job openings at state and local governments also hit a four-year high. "

This does not mean that all the jobs that were lost have been gained back. As the article goes on to say, after talking about hiring by Tuscon:

"Tucson - like other state and local governments - still expects to live with a smaller workforce than the 2008 peak."

Many people will get not have time or interest in reading past the headline, and will get a false perception.