WaPo Short-Arms a Promising Piece on Factory Jobs

By Ryan Chittum   May 18, 2011 at 12:25 PM

The Washington Post gives us an interesting but blurry snapshot of the economy, looking at how the news about manufacturing,... More

Lowenstein Lets Wall Street Off the Hook

Not so fast.

By Ryan Chittum   May 17, 2011 at 02:37 PM

Roger Lowenstein has a big piece out in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, an apology for Wall Street—duly celebrated by The New York... More

Audit Notes: WSJ on Selling Access, Wall Street-Style; Yanked; Small Paywalls

By Ryan Chittum   May 16, 2011 at 08:25 PM

The Wall Street Journal has a very good page-one story on how Wall Street gives hedge funds access to key... More

Audit Notes: WSJ’s Deceptive Edits, NYT Glows for Bharara, Cohan Glowers

By Ryan Chittum   May 13, 2011 at 07:50 PM

Jon Chait and Kevin Drum team up for a nifty demolition of that Wall Street Journal editorial page deception I... More

Now It’s the NYT’s Turn to Take On Trump Inc.

By Ryan Chittum   May 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times took a good look at Donald Trump's business empire and how he built it... More

Audit Notes: Slick Politics, Greece’s Red Flag, What Caused Oil’s Tumble?

By Ryan Chittum   May 12, 2011 at 08:35 PM

I noted a Huffington Post story the other day reporting that removing drilling bans wouldn't really affect the price of... More

An FCC Commissioner’s Brazen Dash Through the Revolving Door

Buried by The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News

By Ryan Chittum   May 12, 2011 at 01:33 PM

The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News show some terrible news judgment today, burying news that FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell... More

Microsoft-Skype Gets Bubble-Era Hype from the Times (UPDATED)

The Journal and FT bring much-needed skepticism about the deal

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2011 at 08:22 PM

The New York Times goes A1 with a breathless second-day story that shows some of the perils of deal reporting.... More

L.A. Times Examines Trump’s Gold-Plated Corporate Welfare

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2011 at 02:49 PM

How do you handle covering a candidacy that's primarily a publicity stunt by a crazed ego and presshound—one with approximately... More

Audit Notes: “People Love It,” The New Nocera, NYT Parody Flop

By Ryan Chittum   May 10, 2011 at 09:05 PM

Andrew Ross Sorkin has a good column on a panel of top financiers discussing financial reform and too big to... More

Race to the Bottom

A Times story illustrates a peril that is a virtue to some

By Ryan Chittum   May 10, 2011 at 04:08 PM

The New York Times gave this piece as big a play as you'll see a non-news story get yesterday, going... More

U.S. Oil Is Limited and Fungible, the HuffPost Reports

By Ryan Chittum   May 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM

The Huffington Post's Michael McAuliff has a good piece of reporting on the potential impact of a bill the House... More

Audit Notes: UBS Fraud, Stevie Cohen, Bankers 4 Liz Warren!

By Ryan Chittum   May 6, 2011 at 04:30 PM

So a giant Swiss bank defrauds American taxpayers. It bid-rigs the muni-bond derivatives market. It pays kickbacks and bribes. The... More

Murdoch’s Hacking Scandal

Two stories cover the political, police, and press angles on the News Corp. coverup

By Ryan Chittum   May 6, 2011 at 09:49 AM

If you haven't followed the growing scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, it's worth sitting down with Sarah Ellison's piece... More

Audit Notes: CEO Porn; Ryan Avent on Paul Ryan; Sbarro, Cooked

By Ryan Chittum   May 5, 2011 at 09:08 PM

Gary Weiss says the tarnishing of Warren Buffett is a useful moment for the press to stand back and quit... More

Old-School Journal Leder Spotted in the Wild

The paper finds greenwashing in the jungle by Estée Lauder

By Ryan Chittum   May 5, 2011 at 02:19 PM

The Wall Street Journal has a superb page-one story today about greenwashing—the reality behind an American company's marketing of an... More

Audit Notes: Globalization and Corporate Crime, Capital Gains, Auto Correct

By Ryan Chittum   May 4, 2011 at 07:23 PM

— Columbia's Jeffrey Sachs is riled up these days. He has an interesting piece on how and why corporate crime... More

The Regulators on the Bus

A Times story shows the resources gap between regulators and Wall Street

By Ryan Chittum   May 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM

We've wondered often just what it is that makes our financial regulators so toothless in the wake of the widespread... More

Audit Notes: Levin-Coburn Referrals; Falling Dollar, Rising Exports; Amazon Watch

By Ryan Chittum   May 3, 2011 at 08:12 PM

Bloomberg reports that Senators Carl Levin and Tom Coburn have formally referred their bipartisan investigation of the financial crisis, and... More

Lucky Duckies Waddle Onto the WSJ News Pages

The poor and lower middle class pay federal taxes, too

By Ryan Chittum   May 3, 2011 at 02:53 PM

The Wall Street Journal has a poor story today reporting that "High-Earning Households Pay Growing Share of Taxes." The paper's... More