The fool seems to be very schizophrenic on this subject. Seth Jayson of the fool has written some of the most scathing articles about the RE market and the NAR in particular that i have seen on the net.
This seems very peculiar for them to run this story.
I just scanned Seth Jayson’s article archive by month for 07 and into 08. Negative RE stories almost each month in 07 and nothing going into 08.