[Trainwreck] ‘WTF? Friday’
October 10th, 2008 by Dave Studinski
NEW YORK CITY – Tourists led me to believe it was business as usual as I walked through TImes Square this morning.
First-timers stood in awe of the giant sign of commercialism that is Times Square. They stood about snapping pictures of marquees, screens and posters. Given our economy, it’s funny to take each display not as a piece of art (some may argue) but rather for what it is: an ad.
That concept is even funnier (coincidentally, anyway) given the news of the day. Minutes before jumping into the subway, a CNN text message alerted me to the Dow’s morning drop. My coworker – who, I should add, graciously housed my short visit – pointed out the scrolling news marquee below ABC/ESPN/Mouse’s studios. That’s what I took a picture of:
“MARKET MELTDOWN: Is it Black Friday?”
It, in fact, was not.
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