The Audit

Gensler, Derivatives, and the Causes of the Crisis

A Times story brings up several critical points for coverage of Wall Street and reform

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 11, 2010 at 12:17 PM

The New York Times profiles Gary Gensler, the Goldman alum and former deregulation advocate who's now pursuing reform with the... More

Audit Notes: FT “News,” Overdrafts Over at BofA, No Marketwatchdog

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 10, 2010 at 10:31 PM

There they go again. The Financial Times has a scoop so big it thought it decided we media types couldn't... More

Audit D.C. Notes: WSJ Good on Wall Street Muni Fees; Newsweek on Design, Bloomberg Goes Contrarian on Obama, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Mar 10, 2010 at 03:54 PM

The Wall Street Journal digs into Build America Bonds, enacted as part of last year’s stimulus plan “to create jobs... More

Cranston Attorney Now a Journal Star

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 10, 2010 at 03:30 PM

It's probably a bad sign if you're a Rhode Island lawyer who's the subject of two page-one Wall Street Journal... More

Times Peeks Inside CFPA Dealmaking

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 10, 2010 at 10:46 AM

The New York Times has a great scoop on the making of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency bill sausage. No... More

Audit Notes: Sorkin GOP, Multi-Task Meacham, Salmon, Simon

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2010 at 08:53 PM

Andrew Ross Sorkin dips his toe into political commentary today in his DealBook column. Maybe he should stick to mergers:... More

Big Money, No Funny

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2010 at 07:55 PM

I get that everybody's trying to hop on the video bandwagon now since ad CPMs are so much higher than... More

Credit Cards, Credit Scores, and Citigroup

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2010 at 05:13 PM

In case you didn't know it—the banks still have you over a barrel. David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times... More

A Weak Excuse for an Unemployment Story

By Holly Yeager   Mar 9, 2010 at 02:44 PM

The Washington Post takes some Senate bait for its page-one story about the long-term unemployed, and the result, is, well,... More

Lowenstein’s Consumer Protection Stinker

Faulty logic and a false choice on banks

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2010 at 04:31 AM

Roger Lowenstein is too contrarian for his own good with his latest Bloomberg column. He writes that "Smart Banks With... More

Audit Notes: Glades Crusade, Greenspan Deflects, Whatever Happened to…?

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 8, 2010 at 09:18 PM

The New York Times's excellent investigation into Florida's deal for thousands of acres in the Everglades finds an awful lot... More

Bloomberg Shows Banks Teetering with Market Prices

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 8, 2010 at 03:05 PM

Some good reporting by Bloomberg today shows how the banking system is dependent on make-believe accounting to help prop it... More

Before Preemption There Was Riegle-Neal

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 8, 2010 at 09:51 AM

That may be the least-SEO-friendly headline of all time, but hey, we're not the Huffington Post! This from the Journal's... More

Audit Notes: God of Journalism, Pandit Panned, Wolff’s Own Medicine

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 5, 2010 at 06:24 PM

The new-hire newsroom memo has long been a hotbed of puffery—a place where journalists consistently put aside their cynicism and... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Medicaid, Rest Stops, Galbraith, Etc.

By Dean Starkman   Mar 5, 2010 at 04:58 PM

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities previews the upcoming congressional debate over whether to extend the federal support for... More