Thursday, September 10, 2009

Contrast FT Article on Goldman Sachs CEO’s ‘Contrition’ With Blogger’s Interpretation

One of the fundamental old/new media dynamics is the processing and reprocessing of news articles through the opinion filter of blogs. We take it for granted now, but a short decade ago, we had scant outlets for this kind of instant interpretation…

Topics: goldman-sachs, new-media

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Why David Gregory’s Numbers Are Weak - Giving Summers a Pass on Bonuses

On Meet The Press, a brief exchange between Larry Summers and David Gregory perfectly encapsulates Gregory’s problem. He asked Summers, whose soporific style is hard to endure for more than a few minutes, about Wall Street bonuses. This is a good line of questioning - and a terribly neglected one. One of the great travesties (and news stories) of 2009 is the highway robbery perpetrated by the likes of Goldman Sachs.

Topics: goldman-sachs, summers, wall-street, banks, gregory, mtp

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

One of the Big Stories of the Year: Wall Street’s Dramatic Return to Profligacy

This video tells it all - truly obscene:

Topics: goldman-sachs, wall-street, greed

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Eliot Spitzer Slams Goldman, Morgan, Chase

Topics: goldman-sachs, banks, spitzer, bailout, thievery

“Goldman’s Coup”

Topics: goldman-sachs

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Palin-Mania: How Goldman Sachs Robbed Us While We Obsessed About Sarah Palin

I don’t post with the aim of being contrarian, but lately I’ve found myself swimming against the tide of Democratic/progressive conventional wisdom. I questioned the strategy of elevating Rush Limbaugh’s profile and engaging him from the White House podium; I criticized President Obama’s Cairo speech for being tepid on women’s rights; and I argued that two decades of unmitigated attacks against Hillary Clinton - some clearly sexist - should compel us to treat Sarah Palin like a human being, not a human piñata. Not surprisingly, I’ve encountered resistance to those posts in some quarters, ranging from well-reasoned arguments to the typical quota of mindless insults from online trolls. But the reaction to my Clinton/Palin piece was the most heated I’ve seen since early 2008, when I represented Hillary Clinton online and defended her on pro-Obama sites…

Topics: obama, palin, goldman-sachs, clinton