NAR Deleting Criticism of David Lereah on Wikipedia
The NAR is getting more desperate. Someone who is a Wikipedia user sent this information to me:
You'll like this. Someone at a NAR IP address, deleted criticisms of David Lereah from his Wikipedia page, Here are the diffs: I restored the deleted material.
Basically, someone from the National association of Realtors deleted from Wikipedia's David Lereah page the part that read:
Lereah has been criticized for encouraging the rise of the United States housing bubble. According to an interview in the Chicago Tribune, "In October 2005 Lereah was busy calling the bubble believers `Chicken Littles.' Many of the predictions espoused by the `Chicken Littles' are fast becoming closer to reality. David Lereah has lost credibility because of his irresponsible cheerleading."[4] Lereah said that he has been forecasting a decline in sales for some time: "For three years, I've said, `This is the year that sales will come down.'"
It is a real low to delete legitimate criticism of Mr. Lereah from Wikipedia. If you type in David Lereah into Google the third hit is this blog. Take that Lereah!
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is an organization that is out to help Realtors receive more money from transactions of housing units. It's stated interest is to help Realtors. They are not here to help the public. They use deception and cheerleading by paid shills like Mr. Lereah to promote their harmful agenda.
posted by David @ 11:35 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
I'm with you on Lereah. It's time for a replacement. Here's my post.
hi david,
i´m sure that lelearh after the bursting will be remembered the same ways as blodget, meeker, glassman etc.
Liareah is reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels and Baghdad Bob.
When I found this blog, in my Google search for this "Lereah" guy that I've been quoting in my blog on Las Vegas Real Estate, I felt a great sense of relief. I thought his statements and blatant "shillery" [new word?] was going unnoticed. I wouldn't put his antics on par with Goebbels, but he is definitely very Baghdad Bob....comical, but obvious. Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work guys. Lereah and the NAR deserve the dishonour that this joke of an economist is generating. Realtors are supposed to be 'agents', they are supposed to have a duty to represent the interests of homebuyers, homesellers and the real estate industry in general. In the last 10 years realtors have been abusing that duty and enriching themselves at the expense of those who trusted them.
Buyers and sellers need someone to help them in this the most important financial decision of their lives - we need to restore the realtor 'profession' to one that does that. But first, we need to tear it down.
Lereah must go.
That's a great catch! Good job!
Independent journalism has its virtues.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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