• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Now if only they would stop framing the dropping of home prices as a bad thing.

    Don’t attack the homeless, attack the lack of homes.

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      10 months ago

      Media has a strong monied bias. To be blunt: nobody is publishing or doing journalism for the “I don’t have a fixed address” and “I’m flat broke” audiences. You need money to get access to media, and everyone working there is gainfully employed, so it’s a safe bet.

      And that’s clear in this news story. The framing for this story is basically “you’re losing money and you may not even know it yet”. Declining real-estate “value” means that 2nd mortgage is going to be a lot smaller than you planned. Or maybe you’re now upside-down after installing that hot tub.