Comments on: Media: Do Real Estate Investors Want Accuracy or Truth? http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/ Real Estate Investing through Purposeful Planning Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jeff Brown http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-49 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:30:23 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-49 Folks, go to the Bubble Myth Debunked link and read it. Dalton has these guys down cold. The bottom line is the bubleheads have come to a gun fight with knives. Folks, go to the Bubble Myth Debunked link and read it. Dalton has these guys down cold. The bottom line is the bubleheads have come to a gun fight with knives.

]]> by: » Bubble Myth Debunked - Housing Doom Housing Bubble Blog http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-48 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:51:54 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-48 [...] But as Jeff Brown has pointed out in the past, truth doesn’t necessarily make a story accurate. [...] […] But as Jeff Brown has pointed out in the past, truth doesn’t necessarily make a story accurate. […]

]]> by: Jeff Brown http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-47 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:58:58 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-47 Daniel - You're right, and just by writing your local editor complaining about the local reporting, you can make a small difference. Using headlines as bait isn't journalism. Daniel - You’re right, and just by writing your local editor complaining about the local reporting, you can make a small difference. Using headlines as bait isn’t journalism.

]]> by: CAAR Isn’t Pravda, but Accuracy and Truth Should Rank Higher | The Real Estate Zebra http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-46 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:47:52 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-46 [...] Jeff Brown of “Behind the Curtain” recently posted a very interesting article on truth and accuracy in reporting . His example from Pravda, the official newspaper of the former Soviet Union, was sublime. My opinion is that there should not be a choice between truth and accuracy. Of course, I realize that both truth and accuracy can be subjective at times, but I think that we should always demand both. [...] […] Jeff Brown of “Behind the Curtain” recently posted a very interesting article on truth and accuracy in reporting . His example from Pravda, the official newspaper of the former Soviet Union, was sublime. My opinion is that there should not be a choice between truth and accuracy. Of course, I realize that both truth and accuracy can be subjective at times, but I think that we should always demand both. […]

]]> by: The Irresistible Bastard: Building the perfect marketer for the Twenty-First Century real estate industry . . . | BloodhoundBlog | The weblog of BloodhoundRealty.com in Phoenix, Arizona http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-43 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-43 [...] From Jeff Brown at Behind the Curtain: What do you want from the news, truth or accuracy? [...] […] From Jeff Brown at Behind the Curtain: What do you want from the news, truth or accuracy? […]

]]> by: Jeff Brown http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-44 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:57:30 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-44 I just knew you had to have had professional training at some point. It shows in most everything you write. I just knew you had to have had professional training at some point. It shows in most everything you write.

]]> by: Jonathan Dalton http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-45 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:34:25 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/media-do-real-estate-investors-want-accuracy-or-truth/#comment-45 As a former newspaper writer, I know how little one must really know about a subject to write about it. As a whole, the public is less concerned with nuance than sensationalism and the media, both print and electronic, preys on this fact. No need for perspective when there are papers to sell and ratings to be increased. As a former newspaper writer, I know how little one must really know about a subject to write about it.

As a whole, the public is less concerned with nuance than sensationalism and the media, both print and electronic, preys on this fact. No need for perspective when there are papers to sell and ratings to be increased.

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