Too Easy on TARP

By Dean Starkman   Jan 8, 2009 at 06:16 AM

A word about a story in yesterday’s WSJ, which calculates that the Treasury Department has earned $8 billion, or 4... More

In the Crisis, the Journal Falls Short

The newspaper is missing the moment

By Dean Starkman   Dec 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM

"...The last great newsman. He may be the greatest newspaper man of all time"—Michael Wolff, author of The Man Who... More

Bloomberg Rakes Muck

Another stellar entry pops out of the box

By Dean Starkman   Dec 1, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Bloomberg continues to turn in business journalism at its muckraking best, now with this superb/nauseating story of the hosing of... More

Access Uber Alles

NYT story on Krawcheck shows perils of business-press sourcing

By Dean Starkman   Nov 19, 2008 at 03:15 PM

If business journalism can be said to have structural problems—and I think it does—the biggest one, in my view, its... More

Fox Business Is Next to File a FOIA

News Corp.’s biz news channel unit says without disclosure it will sue in 20 days

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 06:08 PM

Fox Business News appears to get the bailout transparency picture. The News Corp. business news cable network, home of beautiful... More

About “Joining” That Bloomberg Suit…

Turns out other news orgs can’t. But wait…

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 05:48 PM

The other day I urged other news organizations to "join" the Bloomberg suit in federal court seeking bailout records under... More

A Letter from Goldman Sachs

The bank takes issue with The Audit; we reply

By Dean Starkman   Nov 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM

Recently, I've written posts denouncing the secrecy surrounding the government bailout of American International Group—secrecy that. among other things, has... More

Let’s Go to Court!

A call to news organizations: Join Bloomberg’s suit vs. Fed

By Dean Starkman   Nov 11, 2008 at 12:35 PM

There will time later to assess who’s ahead and who’s behind in the coverage of the financial crisis and the... More

Bloomberg Steps Up

Wire service sues Fed for bailout transparency

By Dean Starkman   Nov 7, 2008 at 02:18 PM

This story crossed Bloomberg's wire just before noon today: BLOOMBERG NEWS SUES FED TO FORCE DISCLOSURE OF LOAN COLLATERAL There’s... More

Goldman’s Backdoor Bailout

A call for transparency in the taxpayer rescue of Wall Street

By Dean Starkman   Nov 4, 2008 at 11:03 AM

Last week, I wrote that the lack of disclosure surrounding the American International Group bailout had put The New York... More

Goldman’s Risk: Somewhere Between Zero and $20 Billion

Contradictory NYT, Bloomberg stories show need for bailout transparency

By Dean Starkman   Oct 29, 2008 at 03:01 PM

Coverage of Goldman Sachs has perplexed me throughout the crisis. I’d still like to know, for instance, which subprime lenders... More

Lupica Waves at One

Better work on stadium financing, please

By Dean Starkman   Oct 24, 2008 at 04:48 PM

Sports columnists aren’t required to read balance sheets or anything, but surely Mike Lupica can do better than this lazy... More

Frankly, Goldman, What About the CDOs?

The Times misses the big question on Goldman

By Dean Starkman   Oct 20, 2008 at 02:42 PM

A lengthy New York Times piece on the heavy involvement of Goldman Sachs alumni in the government apparatus in charge... More

Transparency, Regulation and …

Rapoport’s three-step plan for restoring confidence

By Dean Starkman   Oct 17, 2008 at 12:22 PM

Most readers don’t get to see newswire copy, which is available only to subscribers at a price we can’t afford.... More

The Coming Credit Card Meltdown

BizWeek on the next crisis for the banks

By Dean Starkman   Oct 16, 2008 at 11:20 AM

BusinessWeek takes a useful look at the next big problem in consumer credit. One word: plastic. The piece’s perspective is... More

Spitzer’s Ghost

The public record on lending hangs over the business press

By Dean Starkman   Oct 14, 2008 at 09:28 AM

In 2002, Georgia passed an anti-predatory lending law that had all the usual provisions—it forbade deceptive practices in the disclosure... More

What She Said

A recommended WSJ op-ed

By Dean Starkman   Oct 13, 2008 at 02:22 PM

A WSJ opinion piece today, “A Capitalist Manifesto,” strikes me as well-worth reading. True, the author, Judy Shelton, sets up... More

Un-Intel @ NY Magazine

Any editors out there?

By Dean Starkman   Oct 1, 2008 at 05:35 PM

I thank New York Magazine and its Daily Intel blog for making me momentarily famous in the areas between Popover’s... More

Ouryay Eatbay Just Ewblay Upyay

Ten fundamentals for the business press now

By Dean Starkman   Sep 29, 2008 at 02:52 PM

As a service to the business-news trade, The Audit would like to offer a few observations about the current financial... More

Debating a Catastrophe

Connecting the political and financial plot lines

By Dean Starkman   Sep 26, 2008 at 05:19 PM

For months, the business pages and political pages felt so different in tone, content and intensity that reading them was... More