I know this point is made and argued over and over but I couldn't help noticing the way that the RTE web-site has reported the last two days trading on the Irish Stock Exchange.
Last Friday there was a drop of approx 6% and the headline was 'Dramatic Iseq Slump Gathers Pace'.
Today (as at 12:30) the Iseq is up approx 4% but there is as yet no mention of this on the web-site.
This could be very mis-leading for the casual observer who is only told about the falls but not the (partial) recoveries.
For the record, I am not blind to the overall decline in the stockmarkets and the effect on pensions and personal wealth but sensational reporting of one-day falls but not one day rises is not the standard we should expect from the public broadcaster.
Last Friday there was a drop of approx 6% and the headline was 'Dramatic Iseq Slump Gathers Pace'.
Today (as at 12:30) the Iseq is up approx 4% but there is as yet no mention of this on the web-site.
This could be very mis-leading for the casual observer who is only told about the falls but not the (partial) recoveries.
For the record, I am not blind to the overall decline in the stockmarkets and the effect on pensions and personal wealth but sensational reporting of one-day falls but not one day rises is not the standard we should expect from the public broadcaster.