I Boycotted the Long Beach Press Telegram, about the Negative Headlines.

On November 14, 2007, The Long Beach Press Telegram reported on the NAR Convention, and literally took out the context of Nar's economist Yon speech. What was said, that the nation could expect a modest recovery in 2008, (which is around the corner), But the Headlines read in very large Print, "Home Prices Fall Farther" to paint a picture, the the sky is falling, but in the body of the article, had indicated a modest recovery.

I reality, the Headlines should have said .... " Modest Recovery in Housing Prices seen for 2008" but because negative ads sell newspapers, and media attention, they opted to push the negative.

Yesterday, November 16, 2008, from 1:30 pm Friday afternoon, I did exactly what I recomended to my fellow Activerain Bloggers......... Boycott the Press. I actually made a sign, walk downtown Long Beach, with a Picket sign in my hand, walked a mile from the old location on 6th & Pine to the Long Beach World Trade Center, and from the time it took me to walk from their old location to their new location.

I picketed in front of their Building, without to much fan fare. I was able to get several honks from cars, and some actually slowdown to read the picket sign. I think, if we organized our self, we could make an impact by getting the word out, or at least draw attention that the news media has exploited and actually created a panic and confused real estate market with the sub prime fall out.

Carlos R. Arvizu Sr. Pronounced R.V. Zoo

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