The Audit

Another New York Judge Embarrasses the SEC

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2010 at 04:07 PM

Will Judge William Pauley III now join Judge Jed Rakoff as one of the few heroes of the crisis? The... More

Tax Talk

By Holly Yeager   Mar 18, 2010 at 02:09 PM

It might not be a full-fledged meme change, but the idea that tax increases could really be on tap has... More

Problems in an NYT Column

The paper quoted anonymous sources on a Lehman whistleblower but offered no chance for a response

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM

There are some real journalistic lapses in a New York Times column Tuesday that quoted anonymous sources about a Lehman... More

Audit Notes (All-Lehman Edition): Round-Trip, Clueless, Felix on Fire

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 17, 2010 at 06:55 PM

Francine McKenna of Re: The Auditors weighs in on the Chittum/Carney fracas over Lehman prosecutions. She's on the side of... More

Reuters Is Excellent in Digging Up a Health Insurer’s Tactics

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 17, 2010 at 05:28 PM

Reuters has an eye-opening investigation today showing how the health-insurance company Assurant Health (formerly called Fortis) systematically targeted sick patients... More

Audit D.C. Notes: The Post on Chamber Politics, Roll Call on K St. Pay, Hoop Dreams

By Holly Yeager   Mar 17, 2010 at 04:07 PM

The Chamber of Commerce, that under-covered business behemoth, gets welcome attention from The Washington Post, which reports on the group’s... More

CBS Throws Debt Numbers Against Wall

By Holly Yeager   Mar 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM

CBS News is getting a lot of diggs, tweets and shares for its story on the latest national debt numbers... More

WSJ on a New Municipal “Move Your Money” Push

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 17, 2010 at 10:41 AM

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent story this morning on a nascent trend among municipalities to put their money... More

Audit Notes: Battle of NYC, Fed, Complexity, Big Mac Subsidies

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 16, 2010 at 08:38 PM

About the last thing we need now is a newspaper war, but Rupert Murdoch is Rupert Murdoch, so here we... More

Audit D.C. Notes: The FT Looks at the Lobbyist Set; WSJ on Credit Agencies, NPR on the Dow, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Mar 16, 2010 at 04:02 PM

The Financial Times takes a look something that all too often gets treated like wallpaper in Washington, the persistent power... More

Reporting from the Examining Room

By Holly Yeager   Mar 16, 2010 at 12:55 PM

The New York Times gets credit for going where few bother, into the examining rooms of doctors who see Medicaid... More

Leeway for Lehman Brothers

Clusterstock’s Carney trips all over himself arguing against prosecutions

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 16, 2010 at 10:33 AM

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that John Carney thinks "We Should Not Criminally Prosecute Lehman Executives." After all, this... More

Audit Notes: Strong Leder, Online Ads, CNBC Deathmatch

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 15, 2010 at 07:38 PM

— The Wall Street Journal has a very good leder today looking at how the dearth of credit is crimping... More

Blogs Beat the Press on the Lehman Brothers Scandal

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 15, 2010 at 04:20 PM

And just like that the Lehman Brothers scandal drops off the front pages. And not just the front pages—the section... More

Audit D.C. Notes: NYT Does Well at (Trade) School; WaPo on Earmarks, Squeezed in Ypsilanti, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Mar 15, 2010 at 04:01 PM

The New York Times continues its excellent series on “The New Poor” with a look at the for-profit colleges and... More