NYT With More on the SEC’s Soft Touch With Big Banks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2012 at 02:41 PM

The New York Times has an excellent investigation today that shows in a new light how the SEC lets Wall... More

Audit Notes: Guardian Editor on Hackgate, Judge Rakoff, Confidence Game

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 10, 2011 at 07:44 PM

Read Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger's Orwell lecture for an excellent overview and analysis of Murdoch's hacking scandal, and his paper's... More

Audit Notes: Newspaper of the Year, Leverage, Wemple vs. Wolff

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 21, 2012 at 12:34 AM

In 2011, The Guardian had one of the best years any paper has ever had. Its reporting on the systemic... More

The SEC’s Soft Touch For Repeat Offenders

NYT and Bloomberg show how often banks violate promises not to re-commit fraud

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 8, 2011 at 03:14 PM

Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil wrote a swell column last week on the SEC's latest Citigroup wrist-slap. Weil noted that one of... More

Weak Coverage of SEC Settlement With Wall Street’s Self-Regulator

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 28, 2011 at 12:25 PM

This morning's coverage of the SEC's settlement with Wall Street self-regulator FINRA is frustrating. We're told that FINRA, which was... More