Media plays down housing crisis – 160,000 house building jobs to go
Not a headline you might expect. And let’s hope the house building industry doesn’t shed 160,000 jobs, but it is looking ever more likely. First let’s get one thing out of the way. The media is blamed for hyping the crisis we now find ourselves in. To hold that view is to simultaneously seek to shoot the messenger while keeping your head firmly buried in the sand. The media may get it wrong sometimes. The media may misrepresent complex issues….