HuffPost Guilty of Negative Journalism When it Comes to Housing

All week, the Huffington Post has been showcasing articles about the Administration's failure to provide loan modification programs for underwater borrowers. These articles have appeared at or near the top of the HuffPost homepage.

After months of negotiating with the banks and determining the amount of money needed, the Administration has announced (this morning) that they will be doing exactly what HuffPost has been criticizing them for not doing all week.

This is actually a pretty historic announcement. $14 billion dollars are being used to lower the principal amount owed on home loans. Considering that HuffPost was so vocal about the importance of this, even just yesterday...why is this story not appearing ANYWHERE on their homepage?

Are "Shockingly Sexy Novels," which currently appear on the homepage, more important than digging out of the housing crisis? No...this has nothing to do with newsworthiness. The Huffpost is not much better than all Journalism that came before it - in essence, a negative story with a clear enemy goes to page 1. A story about progress, even one that turns yesterday's page 1 enemy into a hero, gets buried.