Big Media: "Record day on Wallstreet, But....."
It may also be a superb example of dreadful broadcast newswriting. There's plenty of that around.
End of the day headline will probably read, "New High On DOW Less Than Expected".
teeters.........is that like man-boobs?
"All across America, people are eyeing their stock portfolios. Recent market activity threatens to cross a threshold which many were confident would never be reached. But now that confidence has been shattered. Dan Smith, a short-seller in Minneapolis had this to say: "I'm worried that my life is about to be ruined. Every penny I have is tied up in the market, and the way things are going, I think I'm going to lose my shirt."
It's down a skosh today, after closing 85 points from the alltime high yesterday. I heard on the radio this morning that there would be a little drop because of the Fed raising the discount rate today.
Speaking of lesser-known examples of bias, has anyone noticed that on Jeopardy, when conservative politicians are a question, they tend to be mentioned in a negative way, but when liberals are a question, they're mentioned in a positive or neutral way?
The most annoying thing with that is Helen Thomas. I swear, I've heard her mentioned as a positive answer (question) about four times over a few months.
And please, no Helen Thomas pics. I'm about to have lunch.
The MSM would like to comment about it, but they are busy with stories about how we are starving the palestinians.
I see this thread was re-classified to General/Chat. Sorry if I had that wrong. I thought since it was something just heard on the news, it belonged in news. Thanks.