The limits of investigative journalism – Jay Rosen [Essay]

Prof. Jay Rosen’s cover story in the American Review about the limits of investigative journalism tries to explain why some stories take on a life of their own & become purveyors of change, while others languish in the dark before dying prematurely. Worth a read.

Everything is rigged, & it ain’t no conspiracy [Article]

Matt Tabibi’s journalistic investigation discovers that the “too-big-to-jail” banks are up to more collusion.

..it’s increasingly clear that both the criminal justice system and the civil courts may be impotent to stop them, even when they do get caught working together to game the system…