Which is it?
-- "Cyber Monday" is " ."
-- Or, "Cyber Monday" is "one of the biggest online shopping days of the year" and is expected to .
Both stories are on CNN.com this morning.
They don't quite contradict each other -- the second story doesn't make the claim that today will be the biggest online shopping day of the year because of the post-Black Friday online specials that many retailers are offering. But they certainly do leave a reader thinking very differently about whether Cyber Monday is or isn't a a big deal.
As is usually the case, it helps to pay close attention to the sources. The organization making the case that Cyber Monday is mostly a myth is , which monitors Internet traffic. The group pitching the it's-a-big-deal angle is the , "the voice of retail worldwide."
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