Sounds like the kind of press I was seeing fifteen years ago for the small offset printing equipment that I used to live on. Small Mom and Pop printing operations were closing right and left but the trade magazines were running glowing articles about how the market was growing. Based on the magazines I should have been getting rich but I was watching all my customer base shut down operations.
I hear you. It kind of reminds me of the real estate threads that started popping up here on FR back in 2007. Many Freepers were warning things were about to turn nasty in the market, but Freepers who were real estate agents got pretty indignant about the conversation. In fact, it sometimes turned a bit ugly.
I can understand that. If it is your livelihood threatened, you might not want to pile on the bandwagon with bad news. But, to turn a blind eye and say everything is rose petals, when it clearly isn't; is to act as a propagandist.