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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:07 PM Aug 2019

Got a chuckle over seeing these two headlines....

on the Marketwatch home page sidebar.....

11:22a
The rate of bankruptcy-related job losses has not been this high since the depths of the Great Recession

11:22a
Barron's On the Road With the Fire-Breathing Jaguar F-Type SVR Convertible


Oh, the irony of life in America......
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Got a chuckle over seeing these two headlines.... (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 OP
Typical Market Watch Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #1
1)So wait, folks file and then lose jobs(?); 2)Didn't know jaguars breathe fire; Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #2
Thanks. So much meaning and depth in that photo. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #4
Market Watch reports on business like the most clueless form of Downton Abbey... hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3
Yes, nowadays it's all about corporate success and power. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #5
I was referring to the public radio show... Is that likewise associated with WSJ? hlthe2b Aug 2019 #6

Backseat Driver

(4,336 posts)
2. 1)So wait, folks file and then lose jobs(?); 2)Didn't know jaguars breathe fire;
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:24 PM
Aug 2019

thought that was a "dragon."

then too, SNORTING AT THE juxtapositioning here too! The strong and the weak

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
4. Thanks. So much meaning and depth in that photo.
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:36 PM
Aug 2019

And the pigeon in the middle says "what, me worry?".......

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
3. Market Watch reports on business like the most clueless form of Downton Abbey...
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:31 PM
Aug 2019

I could not wait to hit the mute button during the last recession. It is as though the main host was beyond oblivious about the suffering--or just didn't give a damn-- as he gleefully reported on the latest downturn and what employee-destroying tactic Big Business was doing to save themselves.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
5. Yes, nowadays it's all about corporate success and power.
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:44 PM
Aug 2019

Seems I recall back in the 90s they were reasonably neutral and somewhat balanced but since WSJ took over, it seems mostly right-leaning in their attitudes.

Don't read them much anymore except an occasional market check, but still like their individual stock snapshots and charts.

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
6. I was referring to the public radio show... Is that likewise associated with WSJ?
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 01:52 PM
Aug 2019

(they likewise have a MarketWatch blog)

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