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USA Today’s Ham-fisted Public Workers Story
By Ryan Chittum Mar 1, 2011 at 05:47 PM
USA Today runs a poor story this morning that says its analysis finds that government workers make more in total... More
WSJ Slips Up on a Union Story
And its misses tilt toward the anti-labor side
By Ryan Chittum Feb 24, 2011 at 09:45 PM
The Wall Street Journal's page-one story yesteday on the union battle in Wisconsin erred on a few points, all of... More
Audit Notes: Watchdog Blogging, Union Power, Stadium Economics
By Ryan Chittum Feb 22, 2011 at 07:46 PM
The blog Gin and Tacos makes a fantastic catch on Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker's effort to take away the... More
Governor’s Inbox Puts Deputy Prosecutor Out (Updated)
Walker’s e-mails give Wisconsin watchdog a story
By Joel Meares Mar 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM
A young Indiana deputy prosecutor has resigned after an interesting journalistic project sprung from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s release of... More
PolitiFact Shows A Fox Host Is Wrong, But Hedges Its Verdict (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum Feb 28, 2011 at 01:03 PM
For an organization whose reason for being is to judge what's a fact and what's not, PolitiFact sure has a... More
Ryan Chittum on Unions, Apple, and Madoff: A CJR Podcast
By The Editors Feb 24, 2011 at 02:10 PM
In CJR's latest podcast, assistant editor Lauren Kirchner speaks with Ryan Chittum, deputy editor of The Audit on CJR.org, about... More
The WSJ Overreaches On Wisconsin Democrats Story
By Ryan Chittum Mar 7, 2011 at 02:24 PM
The Wall Street Journal went A1 with a big scoop this morning that "Democrats to End Union Standoff" in Wisconsin.... More
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