Cohan’s Messy Goldman Apology

Faulty logic on too big to fail

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM

William D. Cohan has a complete jumble of a piece over at The New York Times's Opinionator site. Cohan writes... More

Audit Notes: Change Deferred, Bailout Blues, Reporting on BP

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 6, 2010 at 09:03 PM

Barry Ritholtz with some good thoughts on what the bailouts hath wrought: Most people still do not understand what was... More

Woot Raises a Zombie Lie From the Dead (Again)

The AP does not charge bloggers to quote its stories

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 6, 2010 at 08:23 PM

The left blogosphere has a useful concept called "zombie lies"—information that's false and been debunked but continues to pop up... More

ProPublica and Frontline with a Save on BP

Another giant toxic emission from the oil giant goes undernoticed until now

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 6, 2010 at 08:27 AM

That one almost slipped through the cracks. A month ago, the Galveston Daily News's T.J. Aulds broke a big story... More

Audit Notes: Maiden Lane, AIG Off Easy, Spitzer

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 2, 2010 at 05:27 PM

Bloomberg reports that Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke didn't tell Congress the whole truth when they testified about the Bear... More

Google’s Monopoly Money

The onus ought to be on the search giant to justify why it should be allowed to acquire businesses

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 2, 2010 at 11:39 AM

The question ought to be why should a $140 billion monopoly be able to snap up a smaller competitor, not... More

Audit Notes: Up the Chain at BP, Bank Blinkers, Goldman’s Board

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 1, 2010 at 08:54 PM

It's been clear from The Wall Street Journal's earlier reporting, and that of other publications, that BP cut all kinds... More

Mom, Apple Pie, and… Credit-Default Swaps?

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 1, 2010 at 07:28 PM

Daniel Indiviglio says Main Street might be forced to pony up a trillion dollars of collateral on derivatives because of... More

NPR, HOAs, and Nonjudicial Foreclosures

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 1, 2010 at 10:04 AM

The Dallas Morning News and NPR report that homeowners associations are foreclosing on members for missing their monthly dues, noting... More

Audit Notes: Dell Hell, Colleges and Credit Cards, Revolving Door

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 30, 2010 at 08:55 PM

The New York Times knocks out a well-reported story on how computer-maker Dell shot itself in the foot by screwing... More

McClatchy Is Hard to Read on Goldman

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 30, 2010 at 07:50 PM

Speaking of Goldman Sachs investigations, McClatchy adds another installment to its Goldman series, reporting that the bank now admits that... More

NYT Digs Further Into the AIG Backdoor Bailout

Regulatory capture doesn’t begin to describe what went on here

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 30, 2010 at 01:57 PM

Just when you thought the AIG/Goldman Sachs backdoor bailout scandal couldn't smell any fishier, The New York Times wades through... More

Audit Notes: Board Pay, the Hubris of Big Business, Taibbi vs. Logan

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 29, 2010 at 08:53 PM

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has an excellent investigation into board pay at public companies in Wisconsin. While compensation for chief executive... More

BizWeek: BP Has Us Over a Barrel

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 29, 2010 at 09:22 AM

We've been on the watch for BP's PR line, and it's been popping up at an alarming rate in the... More

Audit Notes: WSJ iPad, Bled Dry, Grease Up the Revolving Doors!

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 28, 2010 at 08:22 PM

The Wall Street Journal's iPad revenues are less than it led us to believe. Business Insider prints an internal memo... More

More on Boycotting BP from the LAT

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 28, 2010 at 08:02 PM

The Los Angeles Times gets in on the boycotting-BP-just-hurts-small-businesspeople meme. It's better than some of the other stories we've seen... More

Rolling Stone and the MSM Copyright Thieves

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 28, 2010 at 10:51 AM

It's good to see David Carr take Politico and Time to task for their egregious violations of copyright (not to... More

Audit Notes: Reform Report Card, Bhopal vs. BP, “Power Problem”

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 25, 2010 at 05:37 PM

Barry Ritholtz's very helpful report card on financial reform. Up top, he gives the bill a big fat "F" on... More

Covering the “Historic” Financial Reform Bill

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM

You're going to read a lot about how the financial-reform bill agreed to by Congress this morning is "historic" and... More

Audit Notes: Paper It Over, Katrina Whistleblowers, Google Ad Fun,

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 24, 2010 at 07:54 PM

The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel flat-out says "Congress is planting the seeds of the next big bank bailout." He's... More