Comments on: The Argument on The Argument of the Tax Credit http://blog.deedstreet.com/2009/10/the-argument-on-the-argument-of-the-tax-credit/ The DeedStreet RE Blog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:43:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://blog.deedstreet.com/2009/10/the-argument-on-the-argument-of-the-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-9 uberVU - social comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:17 +0000 http://blog.deedstreet.com/?p=90#comment-9 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by rerockstar: RT @tweetmeme The Argument on The Argument of the Tax Credit http://bit.ly/3s50Mf [Doug is dead on with this one. READING an article is key]... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Doug http://blog.deedstreet.com/2009/10/the-argument-on-the-argument-of-the-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Doug Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:09:06 +0000 http://blog.deedstreet.com/?p=90#comment-8 Matt, Although I hope for those days again, I don't think we are going to get there. Part of the problem today, is that we as consumers of the news demand instantaneous news...all the time. Even though there isn't news all the time. So journalists run stories that are either misleading or created specifically to stir up controversy. I think we as a society are heading in direction to prefer having controversial misleading news all the time, rather than correct news some of the time. Doug Matt,

Although I hope for those days again, I don’t think we are going to get there.

Part of the problem today, is that we as consumers of the news demand instantaneous news…all the time. Even though there isn’t news all the time. So journalists run stories that are either misleading or created specifically to stir up controversy.

I think we as a society are heading in direction to prefer having controversial misleading news all the time, rather than correct news some of the time.

Doug

]]> By: Matt Stigliano http://blog.deedstreet.com/2009/10/the-argument-on-the-argument-of-the-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Matt Stigliano Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:59:26 +0000 http://blog.deedstreet.com/?p=90#comment-7 Doug - You're pretty dead on with this. It's true. The one article yesterday that I read had two different titles - the title of the article itself said "maybe" but the browser title said "done deal." So which is it? It was clear as day that someone was taking advantage of SEO and trying to draw viewers to their blog. The post itself wasn't very firm either way. But with that simple title change, they were guaranteeing themselves traffic. They were creating the "hype." I don't know what it will take to "fix" journalism. To make matters worse, we've all become journalists. We report news before the news does thanks to Twitter, blogging, and instant messages. We can control the news ourselves as has been seen many times over where buzz on the internet (that was false) has worked its way to the mainstream media outlets. What worries me is that we (as real estate professionals) should hold ourselves to a high standard when it comes to reporting the "news" as it relates to real estate. If I told all my clients that the tax credit was extended, am I doing what I have sworn to do as an agent? Am I helping? Am I being their "local expert?" Am I educating people as I hope to do in every transaction and interaction with the public? Instead, I have created a false sense of hope in them. What if the tax credit doesn't get extended? Should those that read the "news" and decided to wait be angry? Should they blame those that told them mis-information? This is money we're talking about. Most people don't like bad information when it comes to money. Hopefully, you and I will see a day when the news returns to reporting the news and not selling advertising. Doug – You’re pretty dead on with this. It’s true. The one article yesterday that I read had two different titles – the title of the article itself said “maybe” but the browser title said “done deal.” So which is it? It was clear as day that someone was taking advantage of SEO and trying to draw viewers to their blog. The post itself wasn’t very firm either way. But with that simple title change, they were guaranteeing themselves traffic. They were creating the “hype.”

I don’t know what it will take to “fix” journalism. To make matters worse, we’ve all become journalists. We report news before the news does thanks to Twitter, blogging, and instant messages. We can control the news ourselves as has been seen many times over where buzz on the internet (that was false) has worked its way to the mainstream media outlets.

What worries me is that we (as real estate professionals) should hold ourselves to a high standard when it comes to reporting the “news” as it relates to real estate. If I told all my clients that the tax credit was extended, am I doing what I have sworn to do as an agent? Am I helping? Am I being their “local expert?” Am I educating people as I hope to do in every transaction and interaction with the public? Instead, I have created a false sense of hope in them.

What if the tax credit doesn’t get extended? Should those that read the “news” and decided to wait be angry? Should they blame those that told them mis-information? This is money we’re talking about. Most people don’t like bad information when it comes to money.

Hopefully, you and I will see a day when the news returns to reporting the news and not selling advertising.

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