TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs isn’t too happy with the recent media coverage of the woes at banks.
“The first category is one The Business Press Maven calls ‘Now You Tell Us.’ It is epitomized by an article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal titled: ‘In Citi Shake-Up, Broader Troubles.’ You don’t say. But talk about news coming better late than never. And if this is merely a shake-up, by the way, The Business Press Maven is the Queen of Sheeba. But I digress.
“Then there is the category that must be dubbed ‘Firm Grasp of the Obvious.’ Its standard bearer is a Forbes effort, ‘Another Wall Street Chief Falls.’ It’s essentially your boilerplate summary of the disaster that is taking place, from the monstrously large write-offs to the CEOs falling like leaves. Or The New York Times with: ‘Fixing Citigroup Will Test Rubin.’ Uh, I’ll say. Nothing risked, nothing added.”
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