Jake N asked:
I’m noticing an ever increasing amount of articles in the news lately where you read the title, and its like “omg, the world is ending” and then you read the article, and you’re like “wth? I don’t see what they were all hyped up about”. Why do they do this? What’s the point? Give me your insight.
I’m noticing an ever increasing amount of articles in the news lately where you read the title, and its like “omg, the world is ending” and then you read the article, and you’re like “wth? I don’t see what they were all hyped up about”. Why do they do this? What’s the point? Give me your insight.
Example: “Retail Sales Plunge”…It turns out that they droped by 0.6%…NOT EVEN 1%…BARELY HALF A PERCENT…what the crap?
Unfortunatly harry…you’re an idiot. I understand that market perfectly fine. For starters I own my own company (i’ll assume you have a job…at best). Second of all, The question wasn’t about the article regarding the market…the question was about the Upselling of the Title. The term “Plunge” doesn’t really coincide with the .6%. But atleast it gave you a chance to rant for a few minutes…enjoy your lunch break 
January 14th, 2009 at 12:14
It sells and helps the Democrats to get elected if they fear monger the president.
Because we all know that Bush has the controls of the economy at his desk and controls the dial up and down.
January 16th, 2009 at 18:15
It seems exaggerated to you because you don’t understand the retail market and the economy in general. For a healthy economy there has to be continuous growth. If there is a contraction, it’s bad. If the contraction is greater than expected it’s worse.
A half of a percent of contraction is big news. I guess for you, you would need a 10% contraction to be alarmed. If that were to occur, you would be living under the closest highway underpass making weed stew for dinner.
January 16th, 2009 at 20:36
Media is subject to scaring the american people so the government will have control.
January 17th, 2009 at 11:28
Exagerated articles= more interesting.
More interesting= more readers.
More readers= more money.
January 20th, 2009 at 21:58
Without reading the article — and acknowledging that sometimes facts can get exaggerated in stories — let’s say the retail sales figure was down 0.6 percent in a month. That’s a 7.2 percent rate for the year. That would be a pretty significant bite into the economy if it continued throughout the year, and worth watching. “Plunge” might be overdoing it, but it is worth watching.