Audit Notes: Detroit Foreclosures, Soros on the Euro Crisis, NYT on Stimulus

By Ryan Chittum   Sep 7, 2011 at 07:28 PM

The Detroit News reports that some homeowners in the city are letting their houses go into foreclosure over unpaid tax... More

Audit Notes: Grand Oil Party, The Limits of Anecdote, Mod Investors

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 25, 2011 at 06:51 PM

The Economist's Matt Steinglass reports on an egregious government giveaway to the oil companies—one that started accidentally and has now... More

Audit Notes: Swiped, Hit List, Journo Demographics

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 9, 2012 at 07:59 PM

Bloomberg News has an interesting story on a dispute between a Utah restaurant and Visa and Mastercard. The card companies... 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

Bloomberg Takes on the Big Lie of the Crisis

By Ryan Chittum   Dec 21, 2011 at 03:16 PM

Bloomberg takes a crack at knocking down what Barry Ritholtz correctly calls the Big Lie of the crisis, that government... More

Climate Questions for the GOP

What to ask candidates so clearly unconcerned?

By Curtis Brainard   Jun 21, 2011 at 02:15 PM

During last week’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire, CNN’s John King, who served as moderator, asked questions about... More

Covering the Cain Campaign

Herman Cain’s probably not a serious candidate. That doesn’t mean the press shouldn’t cover him.

By Greg Marx   May 31, 2011 at 04:08 PM

If you headed out early for the Memorial Day weekend, you probably missed an interesting bit of blogosphere back-and-forth about... More

Elizabeth Warren Is Smeared, and the Press Is Along for the Ride

McHenry controversy shows the media copping out with he said-she said stories

By Ryan Chittum   May 27, 2011 at 11:29 AM

You'd think the press could resist the he said-she said copy when the truth is easy to discern. Congressman Patrick... More

It’s the WSJ’s Turn on Romney’s Private Equity Record

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 9, 2012 at 02:34 PM

Mitt Romney's tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital is the gift that will keep on giving for journalists. Reuters reported... More

Misleading Readers on Romney’s “$12 Million Teardown”

The value is almost all in the land

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2012 at 02:43 PM

We've heard a lot about $12 million teardowns lately. Tiger Woods's ex-wife Elin Nordegren is tearing down her $12 million... More

Mitt Romney’s Taxes

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 24, 2012 at 04:21 PM

All the major papers are devoting lots of resources to covering Mitt Romney's tax return, putting the national spotlight on... More

Nobody Loves Rick

Skeptical coverage for Santorum’s entry to the presidential race

By Greg Marx   Jun 6, 2011 at 02:01 PM

Say this much for Rick Santorum: As a former senator who’s been hard at work cultivating support in the early... More

On Debt, Mitt’s of Two Minds

A career built on it and a campaign that rails against it

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM

Jesse Eisinger has a smart New York Times column on how Mitt Romney, fittingly perhaps, is running on debt while... More

Reuters on Romney’s Private-Equity Past

How Bain Capital profited as workers got crushed

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2012 at 03:15 PM

Reuters has a great look today at how Mitt Romney's Bain Capital loaded up a steel company with debt, mismanaged... More

Ryan’s Whopper $4 Trillion

Where it will come from and what it might mean

By Joel Meares   Apr 4, 2011 at 01:29 PM

House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) visited Fox News Sunday this weekend and confirmed last week’s reporting suggesting a... More

She’s Just Not That Into You

Mainstream media’s Sarah Palin agony

By Joel Meares   May 31, 2011 at 03:34 PM

You will by now no doubt know that Sarah Palin is once again giving the “mainstream media” the runaround on... More

The Big Lie of the Crisis, Called Out By the Press

The false “banks didn’t do it” meme takes hold on the right, as Romney showed last night

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 10, 2011 at 05:33 PM

At CNBC's GOP debate last night, Mitt Romney showed that he, like Michael Bloomberg, buys into the Big Lie of... More

The Bloodying of PolitiFact

What is Medicare, anyway?

By Trudy Lieberman   Jan 6, 2012 at 01:48 PM

Now it’s my turn to weigh in on the “Lie of the Year,” the gimmick PolitiFact uses to highlight the... More

The Government’s Shutting Down (Maybe)

But what does that mean?

By Joel Meares   Mar 28, 2011 at 02:24 PM

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the White House and Democrats in Congress have come up with about... More