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August 25, 2006 at 9:05 AM #7305August 25, 2006 at 9:19 AM #33187
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ParticipantIf you want to call:
888-895-5727
Tim McClain, Editor of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine (or Bob Kittle, Editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Page, sound like bulls. One of them said repeatedly that there is no decline on single family homes market (only condos) and the San Diego job market is so strong that it is impossible for a real drop to occur.
August 25, 2006 at 9:35 AM #33192PerryChase
Participanthttp://www.kpbs.org/Radio/DynPage.php?id=1656
If you wish to podcast the show.
August 25, 2006 at 9:37 AM #33193lendingbubblecontinues
ParticipantThat's the last show I'm going to listen to. These guys are just "preaching to the choir", so to speak, in an effort to keep nervous boomers from dramatically lowering their prices after Labor Day. Don't plan on it…
Their listeners are beginning to wake-up, I think, because who doesn't know someone who sold a house for quite a bit less than they expected at this point? You can't kid a kidder, right?
I wanted to call in, but like SoCalMtgGuy said…"yawn", we expect this kind of nonsense propaganda to continue until it is painfully obvious that these shills have all been lying the entire time.
August 25, 2006 at 9:39 AM #33195The-Shoveler
ParticipantNor_LA-Temcu-SD-Guy
Got on late, seems like they were screening their calls or something , Did not hear anything but bulls view, maybe I missed it, but nothing about record inventory or forclosers in anything that I heard.
Ho well to be expected I think from a station that sell ad’s that is.
August 25, 2006 at 9:47 AM #33199powayseller
ParticipantI love it! The contrarians like Rich and us on this forum, will go down in history as the smart ones. The longer these people are wrong, the better for us. And don’t worry about them keeping the market going – it is not helping. The market turned down in spite of the RE cheerleaders.
August 25, 2006 at 9:51 AM #33203Participantwell, the scary thing that KPBS does NOT sell ads. It is a NPR-affiliated station, which lives off donation of its members (http://www.kpbs.org/default_members.php). In fact, NPR is the closest thing we have to a non-corporate radio. And that's exactly why it is sad when they fail in their responsibility to educate the public.
Or, are we already living in an Corpo-Orwellian world, where even "independent" institutions, like universities and public radio are controlled by business interests?
August 25, 2006 at 10:00 AM #33206ParticipantI am disappointed in KPBS. Last December, after their “economy is good and houses are never going down” show, I e-mailed Tom Fudge, who obviously was clueless about the market. He just didn’t know what to ask!
I sent him an e-mail explaining the dire situation of SD jobs, and the unraveling housing market. I provided the piggington links, including the charts.
These guys had plenty of time to do their homework, but the problem is the local station has a group of journalists who are more comfortable with interviewing people in their Rolodex than in digging into stories. They have little understanding or interest in serious economic issues. Their little brains just don’t get it.
Tom Fudge completely ignored my e-mail and phone call, full of data. Why? He’s uninterested or incapable of getting it. Either way, I am no longer donating or listening to a station that delivers bull.
The best media is Voice of San Diego. They have a staff of sharp journalists, who understand law, economics, and people. Plus they can write.
KPBS hired journalists, not experts in a field. Bad mistake… I hope Voice will plow them all under.
August 25, 2006 at 10:03 AM #33208ParticipantWe live in world of money. “Show me the money” and “no money no honey” are American dictums.
If you want business to support your cause, show them the money and they’ll jump onboard.
August 25, 2006 at 10:14 AM #33211ParticipantGreat points, PowaySeller, and interesting story about your adventures with KPBS. It's very disappointing, given that it is supposed to be a station that promotes independent thought and critical thinking.
I find Tom Fudge better than Gloria Penner (the host of today’s program). She does not prepare well for her shows and mostly giggles when presented with arguments. You can check her resume here (it's self-explanatory):
http://www.kpbs.org/Radio/DynPage.php?id=414
I think that I am going to switch my support to Voice of San Diego.
August 25, 2006 at 10:20 AM #33213ParticipantTom Fudge is also bad. He doesn’t listen to his guests and his questions are frequently off the mark. I like the national NPR programs such as Talk of the Nation.
The local programming sucks so that’s why I don’t contribute to KPBS.
August 25, 2006 at 10:29 AM #33219Anonymous
GuestPublic radio is worthless. I don’t know why people waste their money donating to these stations and then “proudly” displaying the liscense plate holder. These stations totally rely on private donations so how do you expect them to be any less biased than commercial stations? If anything the big donors of public stations have more influence over programming.
August 25, 2006 at 10:37 AM #33220sdrebear
ParticipantSomewhat comical during that discussion, one of the journalists (I forget which one) basically admitted that he was going to bend to the will of his real estate sponsored newspaper.
He said that yes, his paper was largely supported by advertisement from the real estate industry and of course they LOVE to see home prices going up.
It seemed as though he was going to give a “but” statement saying he can see the market turning.
Nope! Followed up that strange admission with yet another bullish statement of why the prices wouldn’t really come down. Something about wanting to live closer to work, or something.
I almost spit out my coffee laughing when he inadvertently discredited his entire statement just before making it.
Very funny.
August 25, 2006 at 2:42 PM #33280CardiffBaseball
ParticipantPhil Hendrie loves ripping NPR, and is usally pretty logical and funny when going about it.
August 25, 2006 at 2:49 PM #33282ybc
ParticipantI listen to NPR everywhere I go and donate to PBS as well. But mostly I listen to national shows. I think that this is one news station that at least try to be rational in its news program (real estate is just a small part).
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