The Audit

Markopolos the Media Critic

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 4, 2009 at 04:21 PM

It's, ahem, interesting to see Hero Harry Markopolos's take on Murdoch as the Journal takeover was proceeding. This in an... More

Markopolos and the Journal

The whistleblower says he called with a tip

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 4, 2009 at 03:58 PM

Gary Weiss is all over a bit of news this morning that Harry Markopolos, the Madoff whistleblower tried to get... More

Wake Up, Wall Street and Washington

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Steven Pearlstein has a good take in the Washington Post on the reckoning that's starting to dawn on the power... More

Trade Skepticism Gets an Airing

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 4, 2009 at 08:46 AM

It's all too rare to see skepticism of free trade in the business press, much less a full-throated attack on... More

CNBC Gets the Munchies

Legalizing pot and looking within

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2009 at 02:24 PM

Watching CNBC, I was about to get ticked about the incessant reporting over the Michael Phelps smoking dope story. Who... More

The Journal’s Citi Scoop—Don’t Bet Against It

Having learned a lesson, I certainly won’t

By Dean Starkman   Feb 3, 2009 at 01:57 PM

The WSJ's David Enrich and colleagues Matthew Futterman and Damian Paletta uncork another valuable scoop from deep inside Citigroup's boardroom... More

Dowd Rips the Street

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM

I'm no Maureen Dowd fan (and even less of a Tom Friedman one), but I have to applaud her column... More

Great Times Piece on Wall Streeters’ Shame

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2009 at 08:56 AM

The Times has an amusing story this morning on what it's like for Wall Streeters now that they're goats instead... More

The Protectionism Bogeyman

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM

There's a movement afoot in the financial press, especially in globalist publications like The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times,... More

Madoff-ed in Ventura County

The Star’s source blames a Madoff-linked firm for a fund-raising fiasco, disappears

By Dean Starkman   Feb 2, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Audit Financial Journalism Ethics Quiz: Advanced Placement Final. 1. A newspaper that accurately quotes someone saying something that is almost... More

Reports of the Malls’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 2, 2009 at 08:48 AM

The Times on Sunday tossed off a variation of that old journalism standby, "The Death of the Mall," going to... More

Seattle P-I: Feds Knew About Widespread Mortgage Fraud

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 30, 2009 at 10:52 AM

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's days may be numbered, but it's still got some scrap. It put out a nice story the... More

A Guide To Bailout Transparency Sites

Another public service from The Audit

By Elinore Longobardi   Jan 30, 2009 at 09:35 AM

It is no secret that bailout transparency is a problem. Now that taxpayers have become financiers, we have a right... More

“Populist” or Just the Truth?

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 30, 2009 at 09:09 AM

I have a nit to pick with the Times's lead story today about Obama calling Wall Street's $18.4 billion in... More

Don’t Blame Us!

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 30, 2009 at 08:32 AM

It's time for a quote of the day. This from a good Bloomberg story about Davos participants in denial about... More