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 makers of medicines.
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 Lehman.
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" or were completely unreachable.
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.