The Columbia Journalism Review's blog justifiably sneers at Fox's Neil Cavuto's claim that "the media" ignored the good news for retailers that sales were up 19% year-over-year on "Black Friday."
Alas, by Cavuto’s calculation, “The Media” did manage to find another way to “spin it” -- by ignoring it. “Apparently to much of the media, it’s not a big deal,” Cavuto concluded, adding that “most who report on this stuff were busier reporting what stinks, not what soars,” and that there was “more talk about how Wal-Mart disappointed. Not much talk about how almost everyone else did not.”
CJR then lists about a dozen clips of headlines from major media outlets talking about the good sales numbers, and asks:
In sum, we don’t know what “media” Cavuto was consuming, but we couldn’t escape the Black Friday excitement in the press -- in outlets from sea to shining sea.
Silly CJR. Don't you realize that Fox's agenda is to build itself up as the only truthteller in American media? Those others are out to tear America down.
Posted by Linkmeister at November 29, 2006 11:39 AM | TrackBackPerhaps the whiners at Fox should have a conversation with that bastion of liberalism, Wall Street. Wall Street's fascination with Wal-Mart's problems led the Dow to drop 150 points. And the way I see it, if the money-grubbing Biffs and Tads in the Financial District think something is significant enough to sell over, then it might just have some legitimacy.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 30, 2006 03:48 AM