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1. October 22, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: advising Obama, the leverage incentive, Jack Welch

   The NYT looks at the insider/outsider roles of Anita Dunn

   By Ryan Chittum

   The New York Times had an excellent story this weekend on Anita Dunn, the Obama adviser who's got one foot in the private sector and one in his presidential campaign: And working on behalf of Pratt & Whitney, a military contractor, SKDK told other consultants that the administration appeared unwilling to move aggressively to kill a deal forcing the company...

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2. July 10, 2012 06:06 PM

   Manufactured quotes

   News organizations fail to disclose “regular Joe” businessmen's lobbying ties

   By Ryan Chittum

   Two weeks ago The New York Times wheeled out that old chestnut of Great Recession-era economic reporting: Companies can't find workers, despite high unemployment. This one was mercifully buried inside Business Day, but it got 1,200 words all the same, including this top: After the latest, disappointing unemployment figures, policy makers and economists continue to debate how American companies might...

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