If you’ve been paying attention to the news media lately, the news has been rather uncharacteristic for them. They have actually been reporting some good news. What a surprise! I bet they just hated to report that jobless rates have fallen, layoffs have slowed, and workers hours and pay have increased. Even President Obama stated that “the worst may be behind us”. And the stock market nosed upwards which indicates a less pessimistic outlook from investors.
I’m still shaking my head. To me the press still has a glass half-empty mentality. I smiled when I saw someone in the media characterize the economy recently as “very bad…but better because it was less bad than it was before”. They still managed to get the word BAD in twice. If you’ve read any of my posts before talking about the media, you know I take issue with the over-generalization and sensationalistic quality of the statements made by the news media. They look for bad news…then roll the figures of some facet of the economy of the whole country up into one and send out a homogenized version for us to absorb. The trouble is, each community throughout the country is unique. Actually every person is unique with a unique set of circumstances affecting them.
All of us here in this area in the real estate industry have already seen a big increase in business. I’ve reported numbers to prove that. But even more importantly, we have seen an optimism that can be seen on peoples faces again…and the market responding accordingly. I listened to a speaker recently who had been traveling to real estate markets all over the country. He remarked that the midwest and Indiana didn’t feel like other areas. The market was off much more in other areas of the country.
I believe that the American people, including those, and maybe especially those of us in the Midwest are baisically postive minded and want to be happy. But we just keep getting beaten up by the media. I think the economy would take off into the stratosphere if the media would just shut up. Leave us alone and let us work. The sky is the limit as it always has been for us.
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