Earl Maucker, the editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, responds to reader complaints that the newspaper is sensationalizing the drop in housing prices by arguing that the issue is news.
“Here is another fact we can’t ignore: Based on our research, our readers rate stories about the cost of living, the price of housing, property tax and trends in the housing business among the top stories they want to read about.
“Everybody is impacted by this story. It is one of a number of pocketbook issues that affect readers directly, and they have an enormous appetite for information.
“So stories about the slump — just as stories a year ago about the red-hot housing market — are and will continue to be front page news.”
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