The Audit

Will Fact-Checking Go the Way of Blogs?

By Felix Salmon   Jan 18, 2012 at 02:37 PM

Lucas Graves has by far the best and most sophisticated response to NYT ombudsman Arthur Brisbane’s silly question about “truth... More

Audit Notes: Bloomberg’s BW Investment, Jobs For Robots, NCAA Injustice

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 17, 2012 at 08:02 PM

Chris Roush of TalkingBizNews looks at new Association of Magazine Media data and finds that business magazines are doing well—better... More

Paywalls: Maybe Not So Complicated After All

Thinking over Clay Shirky’s piece on the success of the NYT model

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 17, 2012 at 01:21 PM

Clay Shirky, a leading paywall skeptic, deserves credit for grappling with what is now generally conceded to be the clear... More

Audit Notes: Triple Dip; Bloomberg Terminals; Goldman, AIG, and the Fed

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 13, 2012 at 09:45 PM

Jeffrey Verschleiser is in the news for renting out the entire ninety-four room Hotel Jerome this weekend for his daughter's... More

Famous Last Words From the Fed

Assessing coverage of newly released transcripts from just before the crash

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 13, 2012 at 02:28 PM

The big papers go page one today, as they should, with reports on newly released transcriptions from 2006 Federal Reserve... More

Audit Notes: Romney’s Black Box, Banker Probe, Laffer Curveball

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2012 at 08:01 PM

Politico makes a good point about how reporters are having something of a hard time assessing Mitt Romney's tenure at... More

Misleading Readers on Romney’s “$12 Million Teardown”

The value is almost all in the land

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 12, 2012 at 02:43 PM

We've heard a lot about $12 million teardowns lately. Tiger Woods's ex-wife Elin Nordegren is tearing down her $12 million... More

The Banker Finds Possible “Trouble” at Chase (UPDATED)

Debt-collection lawsuits dry up in at least five states, raising questions about past practices

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 11, 2012 at 02:13 PM

Back in June, The Wall Street Journal reported a big scoop that press favorite Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase had dropped... More

Audit Notes: Kent State Court, Corporate Taxes, the Communion Wafer Industry

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 10, 2012 at 07:31 PM

Hats off to The Daily Kent Stater and reporter Doug Brown for exposing how the university was about to name... More

Wall Street’s Toxic Touch

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 10, 2012 at 03:22 PM

Bloomberg View's Mark Whitehouse points to a fascinating report on new evidence showing how badly Wall Street screwed investors in... More

Audit Notes: Swiped, Hit List, Journo Demographics

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 9, 2012 at 07:59 PM

Bloomberg News has an interesting story on a dispute between a Utah restaurant and Visa and Mastercard. The card companies... More

It’s the WSJ’s Turn on Romney’s Private Equity Record

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 9, 2012 at 02:34 PM

Mitt Romney's tenure at private-equity firm Bain Capital is the gift that will keep on giving for journalists. Reuters reported... More

A Narrowed Gaze

How the business press forgot the rest of us

By Dean Starkman   Jan 9, 2012 at 06:00 AM

teve Lipin didn’t fit the profile of a transformative media figure when he took over the mergers-and-acquisitions beat for... More

Audit Notes: GE and Subprime, WaPo on Recess, Fed Fumes on Housing

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2012 at 08:04 PM

The Center for Public Integrity’s Michael Hudson continues one of the most important series of the last year, on how... More

Reuters on Romney’s Private-Equity Past

How Bain Capital profited as workers got crushed

By Ryan Chittum   Jan 6, 2012 at 03:15 PM

Reuters has a great look today at how Mitt Romney's Bain Capital loaded up a steel company with debt, mismanaged... More