Lamestream Media Workin' It's Mojo

Courtesy of the New York Slimes:
"American consumers, uneasy about the economy and unimpressed by the merchandise in stores, delivered the bleak holiday shopping season retailers had expected, if not feared, according to one early but influential projection.

Spending between Thanksgiving and Christmas rose just 3.6 percent over last year, the weakest performance in at least four years, according to MasterCard Advisors, a division of the credit card company. By comparison, sales grew 6.6 percent in 2006, and 8 percent in 2005."

But... Uh......"even after sales increased almost 20 percent over the last weekend before Christmas, Chicago-based ShopperTrak RCT Corp. said yesterday."

Funny how I read about how shitty the sales are and that is front page news, then a few weeks later, a new estimate is released showing robust growth. I am so sick of it.