{"id":11023,"date":"2016-01-13T18:35:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T00:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=11023"},"modified":"2016-01-14T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T19:31:45","slug":"2016-louisville-show-previews-updates-on-media-clayton-homes-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/2016-louisville-show-previews-updates-on-media-clayton-homes-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Louisville Show Previews, Updates on Media &#8211; Clayton Homes Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For the next few moments, let me again encourage those on the fence to make the trek to Louisville for the 2016 Manufactured Housing Show. Industry pros need to get their batteries recharged! Many will need to get their inventory refreshed and restocked. Dozens of suppliers are waiting to share their latest. We&#8217;ll be at the show too, at <strong>booth #215<\/strong>. We&#8217;ll have some fun things, others will as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-139576260\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can find a number of articles that are Louisville focused on the <a href=\"http:\/\/MHProNews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">home page<\/a>, under Featured Articles. \u00a0Plus there are invites from others on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Press Release module, click here<\/a> to scroll through the latest show related news.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/from-entry-level-to-elegant-inside-look-at-the-louisville-manufactured-housing-show\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9165\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com--575x325.png\" alt=\"2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com-\" width=\"575\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com--575x325.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com--150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com--1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-louisville-manufactured-housing-show-crowd-photo-credits-mhpronews-manufacturedhomes-com-.png 1204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With that necessary and upbeat break, let&#8217;s turn to the less joyous recent news hitting the MH industry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Seattle Times\/BuzzFeed&#8217;s Mike Baker Daniel Wagner duo Strikes Again<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As <a href=\"http:\/\/nanotechnews.com\/buffett-seattle-timesbuzzfeed-takedown-story-paints-claytons-manufactured-housing-empire-with-deception\/\" target=\"_blank\">NanoTech News and other published media outlets<\/a> put it about Baker and Wagner: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>The writing duo\u2019s use of the term \u201cmobile home\u201d is clearly meant to invoke the image of shoddy, pre-HUD Code<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>\u00a0trailer houses<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>, and bestow upon billionaire Buffett the aura of an unscrupulous slumlord presiding over the financial rape of the poor and disenfranchised.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #555555;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><b>Nor do these so-called journalists, who claim expertise in financial reporting, seem to have even a tenuous grasp on the types of loans available to these buyers and how home-only \u201cchattel\u201d loans for manufactured homes are underwritten<\/b><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But has the horse left the proverbial barn with respect to much of the mainstream media coverage of this story? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Beyond the original <b>Seattle Times\/Buzz Feed<\/b> and related follow up articles, <i><b>Bloomberg<\/b><\/i>, <i><b>The Hill<\/b><\/i> and a host of others are covering the latest word that House Democrat Maxine Waters is calling for an investigation into the Warren Buffett MH \u201cempire.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11026\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/democratic-lawmakers-want-doj-to-investigate-clayton-homes-lenders-in-wake-of-seattle-timesbuzzfeed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11026\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes--575x173.png\" alt=\"HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes-\" width=\"575\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes--575x173.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes--150x45.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes--768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/HouseDemsCallForInvestigationofMHConglomerate-credit-google-posted-mastheadblog-mhpronwes-.png 958w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credits, screen captures from Google News.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11027\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1752_001-575x408.png\" alt=\"2016-01-13_1752_001\" width=\"575\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1752_001-575x408.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1752_001-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1752_001-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1752_001.png 774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If that isn&#8217;t enough, here is what the Motley Fool said a few days earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11028\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11028\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews--575x70.png\" alt=\"MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-\" width=\"575\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews--575x70.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews--150x18.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews--768x93.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MotleyFool-WarrenBuffettClaytonHomesBerkshireHathaway-google-credit-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-.png 1003w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motley Fool, which certainy has made some errant comments over the years about MH, has recently said they can imagine that Warren Buffett won&#8217;t find the $577 million in profits from Clayton Homes\/manufactured housing as being enough to keep it in the Berkshire-Hathaway fold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To get the latest on this issue, see our Daily Business News report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/democratic-lawmakers-want-doj-to-investigate-clayton-homes-lenders-in-wake-of-seattle-timesbuzzfeed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">linked here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">MHI has remained mute on the above, some say, understandably. But the numbers in the industry who see their need to publicly respond to the <i><b>PBS NewsHour<\/b><\/i> piece is growing. Our take on that, is <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/staying-a-positive-mh-course-in-sometimes-negative-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">linked here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We&#8217;ve received numerous thank you style messages on our taking on the PBS and SeattleTimes topics, and providing the industry something &#8211; instead of nothing \u2013 for the more serious researchers into these stories to balance out the online coverage of MH in the News.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/lies-advocacy-journalism-and-statistics-seattle-timesbuzzfeed-attacks-warren-buffetts-clayton-homes-defends-charges-of-racism-and-discrimination-critical-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11029\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBaker-SeattleTimes-DanielWagner-BuzzFeed-posted-MHLivingNews-com-.jpg\" alt=\"MikeBaker-SeattleTimes-DanielWagner-BuzzFeed-posted-MHLivingNews-com-\" width=\"444\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBaker-SeattleTimes-DanielWagner-BuzzFeed-posted-MHLivingNews-com-.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MikeBaker-SeattleTimes-DanielWagner-BuzzFeed-posted-MHLivingNews-com--150x72.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Please see the latest on public-focused MHLivingNews on these issues, linked below.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/bad-and-good-two-sides-manufactured-home-living-and-news-reporting\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bad and Good \u2013 Two Sides \u2013 Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">About the bad news noted above, I was asked by an industry pro, the following via email: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Do you think it would go away if we drop our legislation<span style=\"color: #000000;\">?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">No, I don&#8217;t think abandoning the Preserving Access bill would end this stream of bad news in the media. It would be hard to imagine anything more encouraging to <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/bad-and-good-two-sides-manufactured-home-living-and-news-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ishbel Dickens and company<\/a> than MHI and others in the industry abandoning HR 650\/S 682. It is my sincere hope that the powers-that-be decide to amp up, and give an all out effort to win on this bill. That can be done using ways we&#8217;ve already outlined that it could be accomplished.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11035\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1757-575x354.png\" alt=\"2016-01-13_1757\" width=\"575\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11036 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1759-575x379.png\" alt=\"2016-01-13_1759\" width=\"575\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1759-575x379.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1759-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1759-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016-01-13_1759.png 904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ll close with the witty Matthew Silver&#8217;s headline on Wisdom Homes, which was touting their success and plans just a few months ago. Today, here&#8217;s that Wisdom related headline:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-homes-have-gone-to-pot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manufactured Homes have Gone to Pot <\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Let&#8217;s catch up this weekend, your thoughts and news tips are encouraged and valued. ##<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10771\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10771\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TonyKovach-MHProNews-com-.png\" alt=\"TonyKovach-MHProNews-com-\" width=\"352\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TonyKovach-MHProNews-com-.png 352w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/TonyKovach-MHProNews-com--150x106.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standing Room Only seminars are scheduled for the 2016 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, including <strong><em>SuperCharged Marketing and Sales<\/em><\/strong>, Financing and MHC\/Retail Lessons Learned. More details, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2016\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/10813-2016-tunica-manufactured-housing-show-update\" target=\"_blank\">linked here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/LATonyKovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the next few moments, let me again encourage those on the fence to make the trek to Louisville for the 2016 Manufactured Housing Show. Industry pros need to get their batteries recharged! Many will need to get their inventory refreshed and restocked. Dozens of suppliers are waiting to share their latest. 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