OK everyone, it's time to meet the TED Spread if you want to understand how we are going to get out of this credit crisis. The TED Spread measures whether banks are lending or not.
"CNN Newsroom" reported that Hawaii will drop its health care program for children. They didn't say it was because people were dropping their private insurance to jump to the government insurance…
CNBC's Joe Kernan told chief Washington correspondent John Harwood that the Joe-the-plumber story "would be huge" and even a "bombshell" any other year, but only the New York Post picked it up and…
Today's episode of "The Biz Flog" features a clip of you know who -- Joe (The Plumber) Wurzelbacher talking about taxes. But he isn't the only one. The Wall Street Journal penned an op-ed titled "…
CBS' "Early Show" asked kids, not experts on finance, what they think of the credit crisis.
The federal bailout of the financial industry is replete with earmarks, including a rum earmark in particular.
CBS's "The Early Show" October 3 reported on new regulations of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children by the Food and Drug Administration, but they included no representation by…
The media didn't cover mark-to-market accounting much before the House vote on a financial bailout Sept. 29. It turns out mark-to-market was a dealbreaker for some lawmakers.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) blamed Alan Greespan for keeping the Federal Funds rate too low.
"The Biz Flog" takes a look at the debate over whether short sellers had anything to do with the failure of banks on Wall Street.
ABC blasted the rich lifestyles of former Lehman and Bear Sterns CEOs but didn't mention the former CEOs of the government-backed mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
How are reporters explaining the difference between Bear Sterns and Lehman and why the government did not bail out the latter?
In light of their reporting on the failure of investment firm Bear Stearns, it seems CNBC reporters are as co-host of “Squawk Box” Joe Kernan put it, “walking on eggshells” when reporting on…
ABC's "Good Morning America" showed many problems with Medicare's hotline number, 1-800-MEDICARE -- namely telephone operators "who couldn't answer the [questions]," "gave out wrong information"…
The Biz Flog for September 10 takes a look at what Congress could have been providing oversight for back when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were crawling with lobbyists.
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," financial analyst Jim Cramer took a shot at the owner of The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, and also joked that the Democratic Party is comprised of "Bolsheviks."…
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" CNBC's Jim Cramer called the bailout of Fannie and Freddie a "Home run plan."
"The Biz Flog" looks at presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her statements about economics and business.
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernan took a moment during a panel discussion September 2 to take a shot at the onslaught of coverage over presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s…
ABC's "Good Morning America" looked at fees charged to customers who return rental cars without full gas tanks.
Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza said Mitt Romney’s free-trade history might be a vulnerability for the former Massachusetts governor.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News says Gardasil isn't perfect but parents should have the option to not vaccinate their child on "Today" August 27.
Former president Jimmy Carter told Harry Smith of CBS's "The Early Show" that oil companies would try and influence the election by holding down oil prices.
The Biz Flog for Aug. 27, 2008 looks at Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and his statements on regulation, health care, climate change and campaign finance reform.
In an interview with CBS’s “The Early Show,” Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told Harry Smith that healthcare would court former Clinton voters.