While North Carolina’s private sector has shed 9 percent of its jobs since December 2007, government employment within the state has remained steady. Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington reported that fact this week and showed that North Carolina would need to scrap 63,000 government jobs to match private-sector job losses. The Drudge Report, Lucianne.com, and TeaParty.org promoted Carrington’s article, which translated into 120,000 page views at CarolinaJournal.com over a two-day period. (The site’s typical two-day traffic is 18,000 page views.) The Lincoln Tribune, North State Tribune, and N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email also promoted the story, and Carrington discussed it with Bill LuMaye on WPTF Radio. A Jacksonville Daily News editorial also cited Carrington’s report.