Extremely doubtful. There is no shortage of people looking for work.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/1116036160/the-unemployment-r...
No, its not. VOA, Radio Free Europe, and other US Agency for Global Media outlets are US state media. NPR neither has government editorial control or predominant government funding (direct and indirect government funding amounts to around 10% of its total revenue).
If you want to cast doubt on some reporting you should provide some evidence not just say you think state has a motive for "stating certain things". Else people will reasonably wonder whether you have a motive for "stating certain things".