NYSE dropped 163. CNN's top stories are:

[Junkdrawer]

Two seized in missile buying sting

MORE TOP STORIES

• Arrest in Chicago truck bomb plot

• U.S.: 'Senior' al Qaeda leader held in Britain | Video

• Anti-Kerry ad accuses candidate of betrayal | Video

• Kerry hits Bush response to 9/11 attack news | Video

• U.S troops join battle against cleric's forces | Video

• Peterson trial delayed while defense probes new evidence

• Father: Mark Hacking confessed to brothers he killed wife

• Key to life on Mars in Earth's deserts



Was a time when that might make a bit of news.

[trof]

1. That was then. This is now.

:grr:

[burythehatchet]

3. 9/11 changed

EVERY FUCKING THING dontchaknow

[brokensymmetry]

2. There's nothing to see here.

Just move along now. There's a good Citizen. (All delivered in a brusque, official voice, naturally)

The economy - notwithstanding the official numbers - is not in good shape. We're spending as if there's no tomorrow. We produce, essentially, nothing - and we import almost everything.

We've got a war that I hope is ONLY a quagmire and not quick sand. Oil's price action suggests that Peak Oil is upon us. The social security generational disaster is being ignored.

So I suppose it's just as well that they give us entertainment and diversion. Reality will hit soon enough.

[the_outsider]

4. Don't worry too much, it's not going unnoticed

desite their best attempts at cover-up. Everyone I talk to seems to be worried about the state of the economy.

[Renew Deal]

5. Those stories are more sensational and...

163 is still only about a 1% drop. The fact that it's under 10,000 is more symbolically significant. I think it will make more noise tomorrow if it closes under 10,000 going into a weekend.

[Junkdrawer]

7. Let's see what Oil does overnight...

So, how fast can Saudi Arabia ramp up? Did I hear two months?

[Renew Deal]

9. I thought they were tapped.

I think part of the problem is that no one really knows what's going on.

[Democat]

6. They only report on a down market if they can blame it on a Democrat

Like when Kerry gives a big speech or gets nominated.

When it can't be blamed on a Democrat, it's not news.

That's the U.S. media.

[sdfernando]

8. Its all the fault of whistleass

I think it was because of Bush's speaking today. Seems everytime he gives a speach or some significant event that he makes comments on...like the 417Bil signing today, the stock market goes down. Anyone else notice that?

[NeoConsSuck]

10. I was just going to post something similar...

All day they had the Albany, NY terrorist story as the lead story. I live and work in Albany, NY. At the office today, the talk was the slumping stock market and sinking 401k's. For the most part, people could give a rat's ass about the two arrests.

But the media is going to do anything it takes to hide any bad news about this misadministration.