{"id":911,"date":"2008-10-11T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T13:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=911"},"modified":"2008-10-11T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T13:45:16","slug":"time-to-turn-off-the-tv-and-restore-your-sanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/time-to-turn-off-the-tv-and-restore-your-sanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Turn Off The TV And Restore Your Sanity?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The financial “crisis” is eclipsing everything – even the election? I don’t really think it’s warranted either. It’s getting ratings, so it’s being shown continuously. Ever head the phrase “If it bleeds, it leads?<\/em>” It’s an old newspaper term that meant that the bloodiest crisis got the front page story. That is what we are seeing happen with the economic “meltdown \/ bailout \/ rescue \/ crisis.” <\/p>\n

Never forget that the television we watch, the sites we read, the stories we hear – they are all told because there is some profit in it. If it was not profitable for the news media to forecast doom and gloom 24 \/ 7 they wouldn’t be doing it. <\/p>\n

So before we all go off into a blind rush and pull our money out of our 401(k) plans, just please, I beg you, take a moment to wonder who is profiting by perpetuating the madness. <\/p>\n

With that said, here are a few down to earth, regular old articles. And yes, some of them mention the e-word (economy<\/del>). But they aren’t the normal, run of the mill “The earth is going to EXPLODE” articles we’ve all been seeing so much of lately. <\/p>\n

Just to make you smile:<\/strong><\/p>\n