Reporting the panic would sell more newspapers. Perhaps the unwashed masses typically aren't interested in actual news. ;-)
2008/12/2 G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:37 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> No, that while the Dow dropped 680, it did not fall below 8,000. That >> seems to be the "magic" number that is the trigger point for profit >> taking and buy-ins. >> >> Simply saying "the dow lost 680 points" without saying where it >> started or ended is a sure-fire way to make people panic. >> > > I didn't panic....did you? > > What vested interest would the media have in instigating a baseless economic > panic? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5