Why newspapers don't want to use the term "bear market"?

[turkeyneck]

Yes, we are still in "correction"...

 

[GermanTrader]

It is amusing that anyone would expect objectivity from any media.

 

[gnome]

And the "recession"... is that official yet? LOL..

 

[eagle]

Because we're not bottomed yet.

 

[nazzdack]

Banks and brokerages have warned all media organizations not to use the phrase "bear market" unless they want to lose all of their financing.

 

[turkeyneck]

Quote from gnome:

And the "recession"... is that official yet? LOL..

I thought they stopped using the word "depression" already...

 

[hughb]

First of all. the WSJ uses the term bear market when it refers to the fact that the market retreated more than 20% from it's high.

Second of all, why care what newspapers say when nobody reads them anymore?