“Obama Osama bin Laden Is Dead”

The Osama/Obama error is an international phenomenon

By Craig Silverman   May 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Of all the mistaken headlines, verbal gaffes, and erroneous tweets that resulted from the Sunday announcement that Osama Bin Laden... More

WSJ On MF Global and Window Dressing

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 4, 2011 at 05:25 PM

It looks like Jon Corzine's MF Global tried to hide how much risk it was taking on by temporarily lowering... More

A Little Healthy Outrage on Executive Pay

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 6, 2011 at 02:16 PM

Roger Lowenstein had an excellent Bloomberg column a couple of weeks ago on outlandish executive compensation. Unfortunately, it got one... More

A Vulture Fund Sob Story

By Felix Salmon   Apr 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Matt Wirz probably can’t be held responsible for the headline the WSJ put on his story today — “For Vultures,... More

Audit Notes: Debt Collector Scams, Occupy Oakland Coverage, Jest

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 27, 2011 at 07:47 PM

The Washington Post reports on two FTC complaints against California debt collector companies, which "highlight an increase in complaints about... More

Audit Notes: Stocks Fed, Stadium Economics, Dumb-Question Headlines

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 29, 2011 at 06:07 PM

Gretchen Morgenson had an interesting quote in her column yesterday riffing off Bloomberg's investigation into $1.2 trillion of Fed bailouts:... More

Bloomberg News Oversells and Underperforms on Toyota’s Decline

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 11, 2011 at 02:38 PM

Bloomberg News has a good idea to do a step-back on Toyota and how it's faring a year after its... More

Confused NYT Coverage of Obama Health Care Law’s Prospects

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 15, 2011 at 04:59 PM

The New York Times can't make up its mind on what a Supreme Court ruling against Obama health care plan's... More

Duty Double

When nouns and verbs collide

By Merrill Perlman   Jan 10, 2011 at 02:58 PM

Headlines are supposed to grab a reader’s attention and provide a fast synopsis of an article for a busy reader.... More

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission FAIL

Mostly lackluster coverage of a lackluster report

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 28, 2011 at 01:35 PM

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its report yesterday and the press play indicates that it's either an utter failure... More

Overplaying the Two Old Guys’ Report

The Times busts out the war font for a deficit plan with dubious prospects

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 11, 2010 at 02:00 PM

The Wall Street Journal and New York Times misplay the report out of the deficit commission panel today. The Journal... More

The Times’s Fluffy Coverage of the State of the Union

A poor show that amplifies Obama’s public-relations spiel

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 26, 2011 at 11:47 AM

Did The New York Times really need to lead its page one with a two-column, three-line headline about a pedestrian... More