The Audit

Bad Math From the WSJ Opinion Pages

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 6, 2012 at 07:41 PM

Brad DeLong catches The Wall Street Journal editorial page in some hilariously bad math. Here's Stephen Moore: Federal workers on... More

Elizabeth Spiers and the Reinvented New York Observer

By Felix Salmon   Feb 6, 2012 at 11:28 AM

There are three main reasons that I like entering into bets with people. The first is, simply, that it’s fun.... More

Audit Notes: Minimum Wage and the Recession, Facebook’s Numbers, Most Powerless

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2012 at 06:44 PM

The Wall Street Journal runs an editorial today criticizing Mitt Romney for his support for increasing the minimum wage and... More

NYT With More on the SEC’s Soft Touch With Big Banks

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2012 at 02:41 PM

The New York Times has an excellent investigation today that shows in a new light how the SEC lets Wall... More

NYT Paywall Datapoints of the Day

By Felix Salmon   Feb 3, 2012 at 11:15 AM

Ken Doctor has a very smart and interesting take on the news that the NYT now has 390,000 paying digital... More

Audit Notes: CDO Charges, Facebook’s Board, Deficits

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 3, 2012 at 12:29 AM

Sure enough, the Justice Department charged former Credit Suisse CDO executive Kareem Serageldin with fraud for allegedly artificially inflating CDO... More

The WSJ’s Sony Story Is a Page-One Dud

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 2, 2012 at 07:21 PM

News that Sony's board has picked a new CEO gets page-one play in The Wall Street Journal, apparently because Kazuo... More

The Old-School Value of Facebook

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 1, 2012 at 06:41 PM

The New York Times's curtain-raiser on the Facebook IPO this morning asks, "Personal Data’s Value? Facebook Is Set to Find... More

Audit Notes: Finally, Fraud Charges; Gee Whiz Wired; Freddie

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 1, 2012 at 01:30 AM

The Wall Street Journal reports, and as far as I can tell, scoops that the Justice Department is preparing to... More

Bloomberg’s Big Miss in Silicon Valley Hiring Story

An analysis forgets mergers and acquisitions

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 31, 2012 at 07:14 PM

Bloomberg News reports on the hiring spree in Silicon Valley, possible evidence of "Web Bubble 2.0." But it makes some... More

Audit Notes: Data Pool 3, The UK Prints, Copyright

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 30, 2012 at 07:56 PM

Scotland Yard arrested four top current and former Sun journalists and a cop. The Guardian's Nick Davies gives us the... More

ProPublica and NPR on Freddie Mac’s Conflicts

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 30, 2012 at 04:34 PM

Why haven't Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae been much more aggressive about refinancing the mortgages they hold? That's a $50... More

Audit Notes: Fukayama on the Crisis, WSJ on Exec Pay, Nonprofit News

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 27, 2012 at 06:14 PM

The Browser has a great interview with Francis Fukayama on his five favorite financial-crisis books. Here he is on whether... More

Evangelicals, Mormons, and Mitt Romney

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 27, 2012 at 06:06 PM

The New York Times runs an op-ed headlined "Why Evangelicals Don't Like Mormons," which takes on an important issue but... More

Charlie Rose’s Weak Q&A With the SEC’s Khuzami

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 27, 2012 at 01:13 PM

Audit contributing editor Felix Salmon, writing this morning about Channel 4 reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy's tough questioning of Larry Summers, asked,... More