L-O-C-A-L.
The AP crutch continues to remain handy for The 'Journal...
Confidence fell across the country, except in the West, where confidence rose three points and has been trending upward since January.
Everywhere except the West, huh? The last two weeks' sales in my world gave my outlook more than a 3-point rise. If Kelley had asked anyone around here, I'd bet a couple of free square feet that the story would be dramatically different from what actually got printed.