Text | Cell Phones | Surfing

Now I have heard it all.  This morning on the news they were discussing the use of cellular phones while driving.  No, not phone calls or texting, but surfing the internet, WHILE DRIVING!  Apparently a large percentage of people surf while driving.  Yes, your cruising down the road trying not to get sideswiped by a car weaving across the lines while they are trying to get the score from the game last night or trying to find the closet nail salon.  I am guilty of being on the phone a lot in my real estate business, and the occasional text, but not surfing.  This will get someone killed and I am sure it already has.  I will make a personal effort to eliminate all texting, everyone do their part as well.

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When did the “Media” become an ad agency?

CNN posted a story today about job losses stating, “Recession job losses: Worse than first thought”.  WOW, sounds really bad and makes you want to read the article right now, just like a McDonald’s commercial, gotta have those fries now!  As you cruise through the article, it says there will be a 2009 job loss revision, for the worse. But, it also says that it is still better than 2008 and economists Lakshman Achuthan states it is normal to underestimate the job loss report “around turning points”.  So, are they really saying we are at a turning point, appears to me they are.

I understand the difficulties the media has with regards to reporting every angle of every report.  However, I am so tired of the headlines stating only what the media thinks will sell.  If doom and gloom will get us a reader over the competition, let’s run it.  In today’s era, everything is about marketing.  No more truth, no more straight answer, no more facts.  Let’s find the angle to reel you in.