The Audit

So That’s Why the Press Won’t Cover Elizabeth Warren!

NPR badgers oversight panel chair over her legitimacy

By Ryan Chittum   May 14, 2009 at 03:03 PM

A couple of times in the last few months I've taken the press to task for ignoring the Congressional Oversight... More

WSJ “Hears” Another False Note from Wall Street

By Ryan Chittum   May 14, 2009 at 09:40 AM

The Journal has a solid "Heard on the Street" this morning about how all the TARP carping by banks doesn't... More

Kindle Is Just Another Way for Papers to Lose Money

By Ryan Chittum   May 13, 2009 at 06:47 PM

I wrote the other day about why the Kindle—at least in its current incarnation—isn't going to save the newspaper industry.... More

But Will the Bankers Go Galt?

By Ryan Chittum   May 13, 2009 at 12:20 PM

The Journal scoops that Obama is formulating a broad plan to regulate pay in the financial industry to make sure... More

WSJ: Conflicts at Goldman

By Ryan Chittum   May 13, 2009 at 09:37 AM

The Journal's piece on conflicts of interest at Goldman Sachs's commercial real estate funds is a good look at yet... More

The Times Overdraws on Community Banks

By Ryan Chittum   May 12, 2009 at 03:55 PM

I wanted to like this New York Times story today on small banks and how they've far outperformed their bigger... More

Goldman Settles Mortgage Probe, But the Press Buries It

By Ryan Chittum   May 12, 2009 at 09:47 AM

Seems to me that the press is underplaying the news that Goldman Sachs agreed to a $60 million settlement with... More

Kicking the Tires at The New York Times Company

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2009 at 04:45 PM

Fortune has some fascinating reporting on the future of The New York Times as a business. It scoops that David... More

The Journal Can’t See Through the Hedges

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2009 at 09:25 AM

How do you write about the hedge-fund industry being ticked off at Obama without noting one of the biggest reason... More

WSJ’s Bold Plan to Expand Subscription Revenues

By Ryan Chittum   May 11, 2009 at 08:26 AM

Rupert Murdoch of late has been making the boldest noises of anyone in the newspaper industry on the search for... More

Press Buries the GAO’s Damning Report on the SEC

By Ryan Chittum   May 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM

Speaking of Moe Tkacik: She points out a General Accountability Office report on the SEC that got woefully underplayed in... More

Journal’s Accountability Reporting Gets a Major Scalp

By Ryan Chittum   May 8, 2009 at 09:07 AM

That didn't take long. Stephen Friedman, the New York Fed chairman and Goldman Sachs director shareholder, whose conflicts were exposed... More

Center for Public Integrity Puts the Subprime Puzzle Together

By Ryan Chittum   May 7, 2009 at 04:02 PM

The Center for Public Integrity yesterday released a dynamite report on the interconnections between Wall Street and the subprime-mortgage industry.... More

Murdoch Leads the Charge on Paid Content

By Ryan Chittum   May 7, 2009 at 01:16 PM

Say what you will about Rupert Murdoch (and we have), the guy's a smart businessman. Last week, I reported that... More

They Are CNBC

By Ryan Chittum   May 7, 2009 at 09:48 AM

Make sure you don't miss my friend Moe Tkacik's piece on CNBC, hot off the presses in the Columbia Journalism... More