The Audit
Sorkin’s Major Scoops on the Goldman/Paulson Nexus
By Ryan Chittum Oct 21, 2009 at 01:10 PM
Felix Salmon has been digging some choice nuggets out of Andrew Ross Sorkin's huge new book "Too Big to Fail."... More
NYT Takes on Obama’s Volcker Exile
By Ryan Chittum Oct 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Why won't the Obama administration listen to its most credible economic adviser? That's the question—and it's an essential one— asked... More
Tuesday Links: Insiders, Preemption, iPhone Mags
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2009 at 07:32 PM
The Journal floods the zone on the big hedge-fund insider-trading story. It goes page one with a report noting a... More
Live-Blogging the Corporate Press Release
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2009 at 06:51 PM
Live-blogging is a relatively new responsibility in the journalist's job description—which now includes regular blogging, picture-taking, Web video, Twitter, live... More
Incurred on the Street: Windfall Tax on Bankers?
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2009 at 02:42 PM
I've been wondering when the taxation solution would pop up in the financial press regarding the record bonuses Wall Street... More
The Post Gets Perky on Bailout-Bank Pay
By Ryan Chittum Oct 20, 2009 at 09:57 AM
The Washington Post spotlights this morning a somewhat-overlooked (this year, anyway) compensation aspect of our corporate-welfare kingpins: perks. These are... More
Monday Links: Foreclosure Homeless, NYT Cuts, Fed Up?
By Ryan Chittum Oct 19, 2009 at 07:20 PM
— The New York Times profiles a one-time homeless-shelter operator who now lives in one. It says the number of... More
The New Compact for Workers: No Compact at All
By Ryan Chittum Oct 19, 2009 at 04:40 PM
The Wall Street Journal has a good page-one look at big-picture changes in the workforce—ones that have been going on... More
WSJ: Plastic Fees Under the Microscope
By Ryan Chittum Oct 19, 2009 at 10:27 AM
The Wall Street Journal keeps the spotlight on banking industry rent-seeking, looking at the increased pressure it finds itself under... More
McClatchy Advances the Ball on Moody’s
By Dean Starkman Oct 19, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Many people feel the rating agencies haven't gotten enough attention, given their linchpin role in the crisis. I tend to... More
Friday Links: EPA Enforcers, Chamber, Foreclosures Soar
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2009 at 06:45 PM
The New York Times's investigative series on polluted water continued to get results. The EPA says it will overhaul its... More
Greenspan Joins the Too-Big-to-Fail Fight
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2009 at 05:19 PM
Alan Greenspan has had his legacy forever tarnished by the financial crisis, the conditions for which it's almost unanimously agreed... More
Good Goldman Question From Zero Hedge
By Dean Starkman Oct 16, 2009 at 02:20 PM
Seems reasonable to me: "What Is The Rationale Behind The SEC's Hiring A 29 Year Old Goldmanite As Its COO?"... More
LA Times on the Upside of the Falling Dollar
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM
I like this Los Angeles Times story this morning reporting why the falling dollar might be good for the country—something... More
Reporting the CFPA Legislation
By Ryan Chittum Oct 16, 2009 at 10:17 AM
The New York Times leads its coverage of the financial-reform legislation with the news that the House Financial Services Committee... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
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