USA Today - Please. Stop. Don't.
Dear USA Today,
Please, no more favors.
We read with great earnest your article on the housing and economic conditions in the Spokane area. We've always been big fans of your cute little graphics/charts on your front page, however we think your in depth analysis should really stop there. We're not quite sure what elite group of writers you have working on this drivel, but the comparison of the most expensive house for sale and a median-priced house was classic. As one commenter put it, "A 1949 house with bars on the windows for $177,000. Hold me back."
Best Regards,
MetroSpokane
Ah, how I love a story with one live source and two pictures from Realtor.com. I would say something prosaic like, "Whatever happened to responsible journalism?" but we ARE talking about USAToday after all.
Posted by: Silent Bahb | April 22, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Any publicity is good publicity.
Posted by: MK | April 22, 2008 at 06:19 PM
...and unless we create family wage employment opportunites, we'll all be living in the model on the right!
Posted by: Jim | April 23, 2008 at 08:35 AM
My favorite part is "Next Week: Albequerque" in, like, 18-point type.
Posted by: Kate | April 23, 2008 at 09:28 AM
I'd take a slice of the pie on the left but I'm perfectly content with my own median priced home and it looks a far sight better (and it's window bars free) than the example here.
Posted by: Levi | April 23, 2008 at 10:16 AM
That was really my point. There are MUCH better looking houses in that price range.
Posted by: Silent Bahb | April 24, 2008 at 08:24 AM