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Audit Roundup: Deregulate, Sayeth Bush
At least he’s consistent, WaPo reports; WSJ on Wall Street pay; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 31, 2008 at 09:26 AM
The Washington Post is good this morning in reporting that the Bush Administration, which is exiting with the house falling... More
Audit Roundup: Bubble Brains
Press forgets Fed’s easy money sparked the crisis; WaPo good on dividends; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 30, 2008 at 09:25 AM
What a short memory the business press has. Amazingly, neither the Journal nor the NYT in their page-one stories on... More
Audit Roundup: Wall Street Assembly Line
Bloomberg digs into securitization; WSJ on Trump’s latest woes; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 29, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Bloomberg has a nice, long look at securitization (part of a series on Wall Street’s debt-making). Particularly interesting is what... More
Audit Roundup: Crime and Punishment
WSJ’s Berman asks how likely crisis convictions are; A pall in the mall; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 28, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The Journal’s Dennis Berman looks at how difficult it may be to prosecute executives for the financial collapse, despite what... More
Audit Roundup: How Low Can It Go?
NYT asks; Preventing another Depression; Laughs with Laffer; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 27, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The Times is good today in looking at how some prognosticators are racing to outdo each other predicting how far... More
Audit Roundup: Greenspan’s Mea Culpa
One-time press hero faces its wrath; Jobs are scarcer than you think; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 24, 2008 at 09:21 AM
The press, along with everyone else, has finally turned on Alan Greenspan, and it looks like there’s no going back.... More
Audit Roundup: Hank on the Hot Seat
The Times applies a little heat in an interview; Credit raters also grilled; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 23, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The New York Times has an excellent bit of insta-history this morning, scoring an interview with Treasury Secretary Paulson to... More
Audit Roundup: Reeling ‘Em In
NYT good on credit chicanery; Journal looks at housing’s ground zero; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 22, 2008 at 09:21 AM
The New York Times has an excellent story on how banks are luring struggling Americans into ever-more debt by assembling... More
Audit Roundup: Derivative Dilemma
Selloffs creating more selloffs, says WSJ; Blaming boomers for the bust; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 21, 2008 at 09:22 AM
The Wall Street Journal is good this morning in writing that more trouble is brewing in the derivatives markets. One... More
Audit Roundup: Oil Turmoil
WaPo and WSJ on the fallout from falling crude; Watching the swaps market; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2008 at 09:29 AM
The bust has already sent oil prices tumbling, but here’s a shocking headline from Bloomberg: Options contracts are pointing to... More
Audit Roundup: Working Class Blues
WaPo good on labor’s travails; Hedge-fund hysteria; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 17, 2008 at 09:20 AM
The Washington Post has a solid story this morning on the hardships facing the working class—illustrating them with the story... More
Audit Roundup: Don’t Forget Housing
NYT, WSJ on the rotting root of the crisis; Papers look at troubled hedge funds; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2008 at 09:29 AM
The Times says the housing rout is far from over, with prices likely to decline for another year. The current... More
A Depressing Look Back
Wapo undresses Rubin, Greenspan, Gramm, Levitt, etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 15, 2008 at 02:45 PM
The Washington Post has some enlightening historical reporting today on a series of Clinton Administration battles that left the market... More
Audit Roundup: WSJ on “Tough Guy” Paulson
A little over-dramatic; NYT says watch your shrinking paycheck; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 15, 2008 at 09:24 AM
The Times and the Journal post their behind-the-scenes stories of the meeting where the government told the nation’s top bankers... More
Audit Roundup: WSJ Digs into Hospitals
Paper continues to be great on the issue; Journal’s other smart angles today; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 14, 2008 at 09:18 AM
The Journal has some smart stories today, including the continuation of its excellent reporting on nonprofit hospitals acting like for-profit... More
Change Resistant
The New Yorker on the ground with the white working class
By Ryan Chittum Oct 13, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Journalism at this late stage of a presidential race usually doesn’t provide much more insight into the human condition than... More
Audit Roundup: Obama and the Crash
CNBC’s Gasparino says Barack’s to blame; WaPo’s Samuelson says it’s “deleveraging”; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 13, 2008 at 09:27 AM
CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino tosses off a boneheaded column today in the NY Post suggesting the market is cratering because it... More
Audit Roundup: Back to the Boats
WSJ great on Iceland’s brief banks bonanza; Dismal scientists indeed; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 10, 2008 at 09:08 AM
The Journal has a fantastic story on page one about the devastating impact of the crisis on Iceland. After privatizing... More
My Foreclosure
Most journalists don’t know what it’s like to lose a home. I do.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 9, 2008 at 10:38 AM
As a business-media critic, I sometimes get caught up in the crush of events and forget that at the heart... More
Audit Roundup: Times Have Changed for Greenspan
NYT on his derivatives legacy; more U.S. bailouts; etc.
By Ryan Chittum Oct 9, 2008 at 09:23 AM
The Times absolutely unloads on Alan Greenspan (whom the business press lionized for decades) in a huge page-one piece, blaming... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
Barack Obama: ‘those old times aren’t coming back’
“It used to be there were local newspapers everywhere. If you wanted to be a journalist, you could really make a good living working for your hometown paper”
The Guardian’s editor opens up on Reddit
Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answered questions in an Ask Me Anything
The (almost) lost speech of Justice Anthony Kennedy
How his insightful remarks about the Constitution inadvertently make the case for a Supreme Court “media pool”
Fox News sues TVEyes for copyright infringement
Says subscription service sells access to its content without permission nor compensation
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
