Foreclosures rise 32% (or just 7% according to AP headline writers)

Foreclosures for July rose by 32% compared to the same time period last year. Or if you want to make the headline less drastic, they rose a mere 7% comparing June 2009 to July 2009.

The current mainstream media practice seems to be to portray any economic data release in the most positive or "least bad fashion."

Hooray for journalism!