The Seattle Times Responds
Last week some of us complained to the Seattle Times about their habit of writing stories that only report quarterly rises in rents without any reference to broader patterns of rent increases (the rate of increase is high but the rates have been slowing) without considering why the prices are up and getting a sense […]
Letter to the Editor: Follow Up from Mike Scott
Yesterday I posted my letter to the Seattle Times about an upcoming story they appeared to be putting together. The story ran and it had the usual Mad Lib headline: After brief slowdown, Seattle-area rents surge back up again; when will it end? Well not too long passed before I got this e-mail in my in box: […]
Letter to the Editor: How About Asking a Different Question
Seattle Times reporter Mike Rosenberg is out looking for more renters to tell their stories about “how high the rent is.” There doesn’t seem to be any interest at the Times in getting any better about doing the basic job of reporting what’s going on with housing. Of course rents are going up; the question […]
