Category Archives: Media watch

Wells Fargo’s Management by Magical Thinking Comes Up Short in the Cover-Up Category

The more the press digs into the the sordid details of the Wells Fargo fake account scandal, the more rancid the stench.

Deutsche Bank and a $10Bn Money Laundering Nightmare: More Context Than You Can Shake a Stick at

Deutsche Bank’s $10Bn: the shell company back story

The Newspaper Ad Collapse: Bad News for Readers

A look at the data on the decline of newspapers.

Big Banks’ Blockchain: Boondoggle?

Ethereum’s Big Bank Blockchain consortium: trying to look behind the hype

What Can We Do to End the Isolation of Whistleblowers?

It would be sad if the answer turned out to be “nothing”!

Bill Black: Thomas Friedman’s Big Idea for Hillary – Embrace Wall Street and Deregulation

Help us, Tom Friedman is at it again…

Instant Payment Services – Payer Beware

How the New York Times does its readers a huge disservice by not telling them that so-called “instant payment services” are anything but that.

CalPERS Admits to Guilt in Misleading Beneficiaries and Taxpayers About Its Returns by Changing Report After Being Called Out

CalPERS tries to pull a fast one in its claims about its long-term return, and only digs its hole deeper when caught out.

A New Low: The New York Times’ Children’s Bedtime Story of Private Equity

The New York Times wraps up a feeble yet costly series on private equity with a cringe-maknig slide show.

NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack

Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.

California Treasurer John Chiang’s Peculiar Letter to the New York Times on His Sham Private Equity Transparency Bill

Treasurer John Chiang tries to defend his bill, AB 2833, against an article by Gretchen Morgenson, but only digs his hole deeper.

TaxCast on Panama Papers and Brexit

The latest Tax Justice network podcast covers some hot topics, including key journalist accounts on the Panama Papers.

Did the New York Times Really Need to Let Jamie Dimon Crow About the Measly Raise He Is Granting Employees?

Jamie Dimon throws JP Morgan workers some crumbs.

Private Equity Industry Offers Intelligence-Insulting Defenses for Long-Standing Grifting Due to Refusal to Register as Broker-Dealers

Private equity firms insist that they continue to violate broker-dealer requirements. Why? So they can carry on looting.

Financial Times Picks Up on Irish Growth Blarney Story…. That We Reported Months Ago

Irish growth is even phonier than the media would have you believe.