Bashing the media in Baltimore is nothing new; its beyond a spectator sport, but actually most people in town have had their chance to bash the Baltimore SUN for its hysterical and sometimes intentional misrepresentation of the real estate market. But I’m going to take it further. There’s NO decent media outlet in the city that really covers the real estate market in accurate thoughtful terms. None of the business papers focus on it with any regularity. The Baltimore EXAMINER is a complete waste of trees. I would feel horrible for the stately oaks that gave their lives to become the newsprint for the EXAMINER, laying on sidewalks and in flower beds all over town, moldering in its plastic bag.
That is, if it got delivered to someone’s door at all.
But since the SUN is still the most widely regarded source of real estate news in the region, its there that the most strong criticism must remain. Compared to the size of the real estate section in the SUN, especially on Sundays, the amount of time and energy put into the real estate reporting is pitiful. Its also driven by political agenda, since it often doesn’t matter what you *say* to a SUN reporter, you will be misquoted, quoted out of context, or simply have a quote refashioned out of what you *did* say to agree with the tenor of the article that the reported wanted to write all along.
The market in Baltimore will remain in flux until the SUN decides to stop trumpeting the end of the world, the bursting of the bubble, etc. etc. and starts to report on what is actually happening in the city. What they’re doing is a disservice to the buyers and sellers in this market, and to the professionals who have the knowledge of what is happening and are being ignored.
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