Pumps' Perplexities

I am beginning to think that the writers and
reporters for the major TV news networks also
write plots for fictional TV shows....Nothing
they report anymore appears to be the truth.....

Last Friday morning every news network had
some woman reporter in a Mall reporting
on the crowds and store sales for the day.....
All reported that, based on their observations,
the crowds were "down" and the sales "poor"..
It looked like "Black Friday" was a "bad"
indicator for the holiday season.....

Well here it is Sunday, two days later, and
the total sales for the last Friday are in......
In 2007 sales were 10.3 million dollars and
this year 2008 sales were 10.6 million.....
And INCREASE......More than expected.....
More than "expert" forecasts......How can
that be?????........

I wish that these reporters would just stay
home with their "predictions"....Reporters
are to "report" the final news and true
facts not what they THINK will happen
based on the crowd at a "woman room"
in the back of a Mall......Pumps.......