The Audit

The Journal Just Loves This Obama Flip-Flop

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 24, 2009 at 03:38 PM

You know something's up when The Wall Street Journal editorial board gives President Obama "three cheers" for anything. You really... More

Newspapers Blank on Billions in Fed Losses

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 24, 2009 at 01:19 PM

The Federal Reserve finally opted for a little transparency with some of the trillions it's put us on the hook... More

NYT Is Excellent on Mortgage-Biz Linchpin

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 24, 2009 at 09:04 AM

Here's a good angle on the mortgage mess. The New York Times reports on an entity I haven't read much... More

FT Editor Criticizes Financial Press’s Performance

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 23, 2009 at 01:41 PM

We're going on two years into this still-unfolding crisis and most of the financial press has yet to cop to... More

Lewis on Merrill: The Government Made Me Do It!

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 23, 2009 at 09:10 AM

A Journal scoop this morning goes a ways toward filling in the details of just what Bank of America's Ken... More

Why Pay $100 a Year for the Journal?

They’re giving it away free on your phone

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 22, 2009 at 07:41 PM

Amy Gahran over at Poynter points out something I've been wondering about, too: Why is The Wall Street Journal giving... More

Portfolio to Credit Suisse: “Good Doggie”

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 22, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Jesse Eisinger of Portfolio points to a bank doing something right on compensation for once and throws them a deserved... More

Journal Gives “Too Big to Fail” Some Play

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 22, 2009 at 09:13 AM

Applaud The Wall Street Journal for, alone among most papers, reporting on the congressional testimony yesterday on the "too big... More

About That Pulitzer Shutout

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 21, 2009 at 07:21 PM

There's been lots of buzz today about the Pulitzers giving financial reporting a big fat zero. Audit impresario Dean Starkman... More

No Pulitzers, But Here’s an Audie

Financial news is shut out on journalism’s big day

By Dean Starkman   Apr 21, 2009 at 01:45 PM

We don’t have anything to do with Pulitzers here at the Columbia Journalism Review, other than bask in their reflected... More

WSJ Credit Raters Story Downgraded to Single ‘A”

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 21, 2009 at 12:48 PM

The Journal takes a look today at the credit-ratings firms and their assertion that the First Amendment protects them from... More

WaPo Skittish on Its Own Chrysler Scoop

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 21, 2009 at 09:13 AM

The Washington Post has a nice exclusive today on Chrysler Financial turning down a $750 million government loan because its... More

New York’s Portrait of Wall Street in Denial

In the well-appointed fortress with a finance class under siege

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 20, 2009 at 05:51 PM

New York's fun story about Wall Streeters not Getting It is one of the best yet on the difficulty of... More

WSJ Calls Out Treasury’s Inflated Loan Numbers

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM

The Journal has more bad news on the banks and some top-notch analysis that cuts through the government line on... More

NYT: Obama to Invent New Bank Capital

By Ryan Chittum   Apr 20, 2009 at 09:05 AM

The New York Times scoops that the administration has figured out how to give the banks another bailout without having... More