Marketplace's irreverent coverage of the financial crisis

Deborah Netburn of the Los Angeles Times writes about “Marketplace,” the public radio show about business, and its unique spin on the current financial crisis.

Netburn writes, “The economy has become our national obsession, and for the public-radio listener, ‘Marketplace,’ the 20-year-old business program from American Public Media, has never been more relevant.

“Or, it sometimes seems, more irreverent.

“‘Today is the second full working day of the post-bailout era,’ host Ryssdal’s commanding voice told the audience one day last week. ‘Since the rescue package became law last Friday, the Dow Industrials are down about a thousand points, a great headline number — you’ll probably see it someplace tomorrow — but that’s not the real story. . . . ‘

“On Oct. 9, the show led with: ‘We’ve said before that the Dow is not the entire U.S. economy, but as a snapshot? Boy, it is not a pretty picture.'”

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