How the media gets the price of Thanksgiving dinner wrong ABC, NBC, Tech Times, and The Atlantic run with a press release November 26, 2014 By Ryan Chittum
Reinforcing elite power: Bezos/Washington Post edition August 14, 2013 By Dean Starkman A flattering profile of Bezos reminds us why it’s too bad he now owns the capital’s leading paper
Applaud the Grahams, but acknowledge their failures August 13, 2013 By Ryan Chittum The praise gets a bit out of hand
More fraud evidence tilts the crisis narrative August 12, 2013 By Dean Starkman A rigorous new study shows mortgage bond sellers provided demonstrably false information
Audit Notes: Another Obama fraud stat unravels, doctor cartel, NYT August 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Bloomberg helps uncover wildly inflated mortgage prosecution numbers
Audit Radio: Dean Starkman, Bill Adair on Bezos August 9, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio
Cory Booker’s Silicon Valley cash August 9, 2013 By Ryan Chittum An NYT story details how the Newark mayor uses his elite connections for personal gain
Contra Yglesias, newspapers have lost readers to the Web August 8, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Junk traffic and loyal readers, yet again
Jeff Bezos and his journalists August 6, 2013 By Felix Salmon For newspapers, greatness emerges mysteriously from the slack in the system–not from efficiency
Independent Media and Dependent Media August 6, 2013 By Dean Starkman Bezos, The Washington Post, and billionaires buying the press
Audit Notes: The Bezos Post August 6, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Little early information in the wake of an epic media earthquake
Jeff Bezos’s landmark purchase of the Washington Post August 5, 2013 By Ryan Chittum We’ve now officially entered the Billionaire Savior phase of the newspaper collapse–for good or ill
Audit Notes: JPMorgan and FERC, no NYT dividend, SEC filings August 5, 2013 By Ryan Chittum LAT’s Hiltzik hits yet another Wall Street wrist-slap
Green monster swallows Globe August 5, 2013 By Dean Starkman Hub organ devoured by Red Sox parent as sports-industrial complex rampages into news business; New York aliens flee
