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1. The Audit

   The Prosaic Mosaic Theory

   November 30, 2010 12:25 PM

   The New York Times is trying to play catchup with The Wall Street Journal, which has dominated the hedge-fund investigation story. I don't think the WSJ is hearing footsteps just yet. The Times section-fronts a story reporting that more... Continue reading

2. The Audit

   Audit Notes: Up Next For Wikileaks: The Banks, Forbes, Gaming Google

   November 29, 2010 07:19 PM

   Julian Assange is Forbes's cover boy this week. No surprise there. He just turned the diplomatic community on its head with a mass release of U.S. secrets. But it's not your typical man-in-the-news profile. Andy Greenberg sits down with... Continue reading

3. The Audit

   Corporate Welfare Rocks!

   November 29, 2010 04:10 PM

   The Wall Street Journal reports that government activism is good... when it benefits Big Business. It's a puff piece about how Utah's corporate-welfare policies are boosting its economy. Here's the headline: Incentives Spur Utah's Growth State's Red-Carpet Treatment Toward... Continue reading

4. The Audit

   NYT on the Irish Mess

   November 29, 2010 11:16 AM

   This New York Times lede from Friday is terrific, conveying as it does the Bizarro world of the Irish bailout: Cut Ireland’s minimum wage? Check. Collect more in property taxes from beleaguered homeowners? Check. Raise the corporate tax... Continue reading

5. The Audit

   Big Wheel Keep on Turnin’

   November 24, 2010 03:09 PM

   Audit boss Dean Starkman wrote a CJR cover story a couple of months ago called "The Hamster Wheel," decrying journalistic "motion for motion’s sake... news panic, a lack of discipline, an inability to say no." Haven't read it yet?... Continue reading

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   Audit Notes: Hypocrisy on Warren, Just… Why?, Congress’ Net Worth Soars

   November 24, 2010 12:33 AM

   Former Timesman Peter S. Goodman is out of the gates fast over at The Huffington Post. He points out the hypocrisy of Republicans calling for investigations of Elizabeth Warren and her setting up of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.... Continue reading

7. The Audit

   Quick Facts on the China Trade

   November 23, 2010 07:53 PM

   CNBC's Becky Quick tosses off a dud over at Fortune, telling us all to "Stop the Beijing bashing!" because the "The health of the U.S. economy depends on trade with China." The people appearing in the pages of Fortune... Continue reading

8. The Audit

   The Ultimate Mortgage Fraud Anecdote

   November 23, 2010 01:31 PM

   The Miami Herald has found the perfect anecdote for the foreclosure scandal, the mortgage crisis, and how both are two sides of the same coin. It's a stunning story about how a woman refinanced her home to get $50,000,... Continue reading

9. The Audit

   Audit Notes: Countrywide, WSJ Stays Ahead on Probe, Blodget

   November 22, 2010 07:59 PM

   All the biz/econobloggers are going gaga over a nugget of information buried deep in Gretchen Morgenson's column yesterday. Consider a lawsuit in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Camden, N.J. It involves a Countrywide loan and... Continue reading

10. The Audit

    All But Ignoring the Fed’s Call for More Stimulus

    November 22, 2010 12:51 PM

    Last week, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, Republican, Bush appointee, calm technocrat, called for more fiscal stimulus (government spending and/or tax cuts) now to boost a flailing economy. Big story, huh? Not in the press, which will write a slew... Continue reading

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    Audit Notes: WSJ Scoop, SAC’s Golf Guy, Two Old Guys Flailing

    November 19, 2010 11:53 PM

    The Wall Street Journal has a big scoop out this evening, reporting that the federal government is winding up a huge, three-year investigation into widespread insider trading, "criminal and civil probes (that) authorities say could eclipse the impact on... Continue reading

12. The Audit

    Unemployment Benefits as Search Engine Bait

    November 19, 2010 06:23 PM

    When I think of SEO (search engine optimization), silly slide shows and headlines about Lindsey Lohan come to mind. But unemployment benefits? This morning I criticized the play The New York Times and Washington Post gave news that House... Continue reading

13. The Audit

    Covering the Unemployment Benefits Extension Vote

    November 19, 2010 11:37 AM

    (UPDATE: Thanks for the comments, all. All I can say is I hope things turn around for you—soon. I've quoted some of your comments in a new post on how the first one showed how much appetite there is... Continue reading

14. The Audit

    The Former Car Czar Kicks Back on CNBC

    November 18, 2010 07:24 PM

    It's probably not the best idea to let somebody in the news for bribing public officals guest-host your news show. Which CNBC presumably understands after this morning. The network let former Obama administration senior official and private-equity dude (and way... Continue reading

15. The Audit

    The Chamber of Commerce, Front for Hated Industries

    November 18, 2010 05:21 PM

    Bloomberg gets a great scoop on the Chamber of Commerce, reporting that the health-insurance industry gave the secretive nonprofit a stunning $86.2 million last year to oppose Obama's health-care reform. The Chamber, as we've seen, isn't required... Continue reading

16. The Audit

    Deflation Warning Signs, Mostly Buried in the Press

    November 18, 2010 01:09 PM

    Core inflation hit a record low last month, a warning sign that the economy could be heading toward Japan-style deflation. How do the papers play it? Does it jibe with my impression, as I noted the other day, that... Continue reading

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    Audit Notes: Catching Up With Wall Street, Princess Dresses, Olbermann and Objectivity

    November 17, 2010 06:21 PM

    The New York Observer's Max Abelson takes a look at the Wall Street people who nearly crashed the world. Where are they now? Mostly still on Wall Street; many in the same jobs. Howzat? Abelson ledes with this eye-raising... Continue reading

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    The FT Talks to the Little Guy

    November 17, 2010 04:03 PM

    This isn't a particularly great story by the Financial Times, but I'm going to applaud it anyway, because it shows the paper doing something it all too rarely does: Putting a human face on the economy. All too often... Continue reading

19. The Audit

    A Particularly Weak WSJ Page One

    November 17, 2010 10:37 AM

    Boy, this morning's Wall Street Journal page one leaves a lot to be desired. First, there's this story: States Offer Washington Lesson in Belt Tightening The headline implies—and the entire story accepts as gospel—the conventional wisdom that Washington... Continue reading

20. The Audit

    Audit Notes: ProPub vs. BofA, Wall Street in the White House, Short-Armed

    November 16, 2010 08:02 PM

    I love to see the press just flat-out say somebody's full of it. ProPublica's Karen Weise does that today, calling out a Bank of America executive for testifying before Congress that it can't modify more mortgages because investors won't... Continue reading

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