Nathan Burchfiel of The Business & Media Institute writes that some reporters covering the holiday retail sales seem to be using the words “dramatic” and “disappointing” too loosely.
“On NBC ‘Nightly News,’ reporter Savannah Guthrie announced a ‘dramatic’ 2.4 percent decrease in women’s clothing sales. A decrease was ‘dramatic,’ but the same percentage increase was apparently nothing to be happy about. Guthrie called it ‘disappointing.’ Â
“During ‘The Early Show’ on CBS the morning of December 26, anchor Maggie Rodriguez delivered a slip up that could contribute to negative perceptions of the shopping season. She said gift cards, a popular item this year, are ‘not redeemed very often.’ However, CBS’s Seth Doane had just reported that only one in five gift cards are not redeemed, amounting to about $5 billion revenues for retailers.”
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