PDetrick | October 8, 2008
The federal bailout of the financial industry is replete with earmarks, including a rum earmark in particular.
PDetrick | October 3, 2008
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.
PDetrick | October 1, 2008
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.
PDetrick | September 26, 2008
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) blamed Alan Greespan for keeping the Federal Funds rate too low.
PDetrick | September 24, 2008
"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.
PDetrick | September 19, 2008
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.
PDetrick | September 17, 2008
How are reporters explaining the difference between Bear Sterns and Lehman and why the government did not bail out the latter?
PDetrick | September 12, 2008
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.
PDetrick | September 11, 2008
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.
PDetrick | September 10, 2008
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.