Journal Inside the AIG Wagon-Circling

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 26, 2009 at 08:51 AM

The WSJ has a good story today with lots of detail about what's going on inside AIG's now-infamous Financial Products... More

The WSJ and the Limits of a “No Jumps” Policy

Dumbing down and devaluing The Wall Street Journal

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM

We've talked quite a bit about the FT-ization of the Journal since Murdoch got his grubby paws on it, shoved... More

FT on the Death of the Stocks Religion

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 25, 2009 at 09:03 AM

The Financial Times runs an excellent analysis by columnist John Authers looking at how the "cult of equity" has been... More

Tough-Talking BofA Analyst Yesterday, Gone Today

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 24, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Wow. I thought it was stunning when I read a short Bloomberg story just yesterday about a Bank of America... More

Bloomberg: The Real AIG Bonus Scandal

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 24, 2009 at 09:08 AM

Bloomberg News has a great story today on how the government's AIG bailout not only preserved those infamous $165 million... More

The Core Question: What’s This Junk Really Worth?

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 23, 2009 at 03:04 PM

Now that the details of Obama’s bad-assets are coming out, the back and forth begins. So far, Mr. Market likes... More

ABC Scoop: JPMorgan Still in the Gilded Bubble

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 23, 2009 at 01:01 PM

Good reporting here by ABC News's I-team, led by Brian Ross, on multiple-time public-money recipient JPMorgan Chase's over-the-top plans for... More

WSJ’s Good Nuts-and-Bolts Reporting

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM

The Journal, slogging through disclosure filings, writes today that AIG lobbied Congress nearly twice as much on taxes as it... More

NYT lets NBC’s Zucker Spin Away

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 23, 2009 at 08:52 AM

I'd like to tweak the Times a bit for letting NBC/CNBC spin (read: lie) on Stewart vs. Cramer without calling... More

Journal: Credit Raters In Line for “Windfall”

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 20, 2009 at 01:22 PM

The Journal has a smart story on page one today making the good point that the TALF program will result... More

NYT on the Staggering Manufacturing Economy

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 20, 2009 at 09:24 AM

The Times this morning has an ominous look at the state of manufacturing worldwide. It uses a 129-year-old German plant... More

Bloomberg’s Naked-Short Story Shows Stretch Marks

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 19, 2009 at 04:23 PM

If you want to get a controversy going on Web business sites, bring up naked shorting. So what will happen... More

NPR Shows Why Newspapers Should Charge Online

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 19, 2009 at 03:24 PM

NPR on why it's canceling $100,000-a-year worth of newspaper subscriptions: NPR is strongly committed to the highest quality of journalism... More

Audit On the Air

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 19, 2009 at 02:55 PM

Audit editor Dean Starkman went on KCRW's To the Point show yesterday to talk about AIG. Also appearing: Audit favorite... More

CNBC’s Kudlow: On-Air Lawbreaker?

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 19, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Larry "Goldilocks" Kudlow just set a dollar bill on fire live on CNBC. I guess he's trying to compete for... More

Newsweek’s Irresponsible AIG Story

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 19, 2009 at 09:07 AM

It's easier to slip a weak story past your editors when the subject is leading the news, it's almost universally... More

On My Way to Glenn Beck’s Doom Bunker

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2009 at 03:01 PM

I've feared that for a year now that doing the Twitter thing would be the tipping point for me—one that... More

The Times Tweaks the Sage of Omaha

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2009 at 01:59 PM

If there's a golden calf in capitalism—and by extension, its press—it's Warren Buffett. Hey, if you're going to have one,... More

Journal Keeps the Heat on Exec Pay

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM

The WSJ provides a nice guided tour of executive pay in 2008, stopping along the way to point out CEO's... More

Leonhardt vs. Sorkin: Outside the Bubble

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2009 at 09:10 AM

Yesterday, the NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote a dog of a column arguing that AIG should get to keep its... More