Category Archives: Econ & Money: Mortgage Mess

I’m quoted talking about the virtues of having judges look carefully at foreclosure cases instead of rubber-stamping them in the Palm Beach Post’s, Foreclosure crisis: Fed-up judges crack down disorder in the courts written by Christine Stapleton and Kimberly Miller.

Headline on front page of Miami Herald, Sunday February 20, 2011

The curse of negative home equity:

Hundreds of thousands of South Floridians are underwater on their mortgages, which could have profound impact on the region’s economic recovery, or lack of.

Headline on front page of Miami Herald, Monday, February 21, 2011:

Miami boat, art shows during Presidents’ Day weekend point to a brighter economy

As thousands pack this weekend’s boat and art shows, and fill hotels and restaurants in South Florida, all signs point to an economy on the upswing.

“[A]ll signs point to an economy on the upswing”???

It’s hard to see the headline on the fluff piece in today’s paper — and its placement as the lead story top of the fold — as anything other than a corrective for yesterday’s serious journalism which was a solid article and a welcome antidote to the Herald’s generally boosterish coverage of the local businesses that advertise in it.

The actual article today is a perfectly standard feature story on the Boat Show. It’s the unwarranted headline and the ridiculous placement on a day when revolutions continue in the Middle East and the US hurtles towards a government shutdown that make me suspect the editors.