Audit D.C. Notes: Salon Asks Where the Women Are; WaPo on the American Dream, Revised; AP on “Years of Protocol”

By Holly Yeager   Apr 12, 2010 at 06:06 PM

Salon has a smart follow-up to a Politico piece we noted last week about a new generation of pundits. While... More

Columnists Call the Turn, Wonder Why the Rest of Us Don’t

By Holly Yeager   Apr 12, 2010 at 02:26 PM

There’s a new view taking hold in the commentariat: the U.S. economy is in much better shape, but the public—and... More

“And now, more than 4,000 posts later…”

More tales from the journalism hamster wheel

By Holly Yeager   Apr 9, 2010 at 01:02 PM

A funny thing is happening right now on Michael Calderone’s Politico blog: nothing. That’s because Calderone, prolific chronicler of the... More

Politico’s Interesting Take on Down-and-Sort-of-Out Rubin

By Holly Yeager   Apr 8, 2010 at 03:26 PM

Politico takes a look today at Robert Rubin, declaring him “decidedly out of favor in the nation’s capital.” There’s no... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Newsweek Lets Simpson Speak for Himself; American Banker Connects Politics and Policy, The Hill on the Obvious, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Apr 7, 2010 at 04:07 PM

The bipartisan commission on the national debt established by President Obama is set to start working in a few weeks,... More

Audit D.C. Notes: National Journal Uncovers Who Makes What on K Street; WaPo on What We Think About Homeownership, NYT on What to Expect, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Apr 6, 2010 at 04:02 PM

What do they make? It’s what everyone wants to know, especially when it comes to the small world of K... More

Grove’s Death Knell for White House Press Corps Skips a Beat

By Holly Yeager   Apr 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM

The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove tries to declare the death of the White House press corps. And he makes a... More

Getting Foxy on Currencies

By Holly Yeager   Apr 5, 2010 at 01:39 PM

The Treasury Department’s announcement that it’s delaying a much-anticipated decision on whether China manipulates its currency got lots of coverage—and... More

WSJ Looks Past the Census Noise

By Holly Yeager   Apr 5, 2010 at 11:44 AM

The Wall Street Journal finds an interesting angle on the census, looking beyond the rhetoric of conservative activists who’ve been... More

NYT’s Uncertain Trumpet on States’ Finances

By Holly Yeager   Mar 30, 2010 at 12:59 PM

The New York Times starts with a simple premise today: With many states facing debt problems like Greece did—big budget... More

Audit D.C. Notes: The FT Talks Turkey Lamb in Greece; Bloomberg Flexes Its Bond Stuff; NYT on Overqualified and Employed

By Holly Yeager   Mar 29, 2010 at 04:39 PM

There’s nothing better on a big, complicated story like the Greek debt crisis than heading out for a walk and... More

Coverage of Tea Parties Evolves With the Movement

By Holly Yeager   Mar 29, 2010 at 03:18 PM

The tea party movement is just over a year old, and it’s good to see the press’s coverage mature along... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Newsweek Says Cash Is King; TNR on the Politico Way; Weird FT Art

By Holly Yeager   Mar 26, 2010 at 06:04 PM

Cash is king, and that’s a good thing, declares Newsweek in an assessment of the “drastic debt diet” the U.S.... More

The Times Goes Big, and Only a Little Scary, on Social Security

By Holly Yeager   Mar 25, 2010 at 03:27 PM

Ten days ago, the AP reported that Social Security “is projected to pay out more in benefits than it collects... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Kinsley v. Krugman v. Kinsley v….; the Post on Upping Exports; Boutique Bats

By Holly Yeager   Mar 24, 2010 at 06:17 PM

A lot of journalism is just asking the big, dumb question, and Michael Kinsley did a good job of that... More