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New York Times financial reporter Stephen Labaton Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

Sat 2010-04-17 14:12 EDT

Truthdig - Journalism's Parasites

... New York Times financial reporter Stephen Labaton] just announced he is taking a job with Goldman Sachs--a move that makes you wonder if Labaton watered down his Times coverage in order to get his new gig...Labaton knew Goldman probably wouldn't hire a muckraker who had been aggressively exposing bank transgressions. Then again, maybe Labaton did nothing wrong...

Journalism's Parasites; Truthdig.