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

Marshall Island “Regulators”—What Could Go Wrong?

Tribune explores how Transocean flagged Deepwater Horizon in the tiny Pacific nation

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 24, 2010 at 05:55 PM

Let's circle back around to last week's excellent Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune report on the Deepwater Horizon. Did... More

Weil on How the Government Shields Fraudsters

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Did you know you can't sue somebody if they help cheat you out of money via securities fraud? I didn't.... More

Audit Notes: SEC Chills, Tallahassee Paywall, Goldman TLC

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 23, 2010 at 07:27 PM

Felix Salmon takes on the SEC's backdoor subpoena of two Dow Jones journalists' communications: ... it nullifies a huge amount... More

CNBC’s Quick Pushes for Prosecutions in Fortune

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 23, 2010 at 12:51 PM

The combo of CNBC and Fortune, while not quite a WSJ editorial board/Forbes sandwich, doesn't exactly make you think McClure's.... More

Audit Notes: Rolling Stone Robbed, STOLI, Forbes.com SEO

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 22, 2010 at 09:32 PM

Our Greg Marx wrote about how Politico and Time, bizarrely, posted Rolling Stone's blockbuster scoop on General McCrystal and staff's... More

“BP Journalists” and Their Greatest Propaganda Hits

Tone-deaf PR from the oil spiller

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 22, 2010 at 07:55 PM

The Wall Street Journal's Benoit Faucon got a hold of BP's in-house magazine Planet BP, and has some fun with... More

The SEC Is After Two Dow Jones Journalists’ Emails

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 22, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Gary Weiss asks a heckuva good question: "What in heaven’s name is the SEC thinking? Is it completely out to... More

Audit Notes: Magnetar, ICP Unmasked, Communities vs. Corporations

By Ryan Chittum   Jun 21, 2010 at 08:06 PM

The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that the SEC is ratcheting up its investigation of Magnetar, the hedge fund... More