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Audit Notes: Auditor conflicts, Frannie holdup, London Whale pressured
The latest money-laundering scandal points to problems with a business model
By Ryan Chittum Aug 8, 2012 at 01:11 AM
Francine McKenna looks at Deloitte's role in the latest money-laundering scandal and how it points to conflicts of interest in... More
Audit Notes: Finally, Fraud Charges; Gee Whiz Wired; Freddie
By Ryan Chittum Feb 1, 2012 at 01:30 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports, and as far as I can tell, scoops that the Justice Department is preparing to... More
Bloomberg Gives Newt Another Frannie Headache
Executives contradict Gingrich’s account of his advice
By Ryan Chittum Nov 15, 2011 at 03:57 PM
Newt Gingrich has a Frannie problem. The former Speaker of the House used to work for Freddie Mac but is... More
FHFA Suits Try to Hold Individual Execs Accountable
By Ryan Chittum Sep 8, 2011 at 04:37 PM
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters points out something that the press has all but ignored about the Federal Housing Finance Agency's... More
ProPublica and NPR on Freddie Mac’s Conflicts
By Ryan Chittum Jan 30, 2012 at 04:34 PM
Why haven't Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae been much more aggressive about refinancing the mortgages they hold? That's a $50... More
The Free Press Probes Fannie and Freddie
The giant bailout recipients are dumping inventory in Detroit and pushing foreclosures over modifications
By Ryan Chittum Aug 15, 2011 at 05:55 PM
A Detroit Free Press investigation raises some interesting questions about why government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are pushing foreclosures... More
Yet Again, Fannie and Freddie Didn’t Do It
By Ryan Chittum Jan 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Michael Hudson writes one of the most convincing Fannie and Freddie Didn't Do It pieces yet. Actually, my soundbite isn't... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
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