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For over 20 years, David has been a banker covering the energy industry for several global banks in New York. Currently, he is working on several journalism projects dealing with corporate and political corruption that, so far, have escaped serious scrutiny by mainstream media. He is trained as a lawyer.
(7 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 21, 2009 Time Rewrote History With "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis"
Much of Time's "25 People to Blame" is a sham. Instead of pinpointing culpability among the key players, it deflects blame away from Republicans and falsely implicates Democrats, to create a muddleheaded "plenty-of-blame-to-go-around" narrative.
SHARE Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Why Obama Won't Do What's Needed to Deal With the Mortgage Crisis
The problems are too big, and too interconnected, to be resolved on a scattershot basis in a dysfunctional marketplace. If the government wants the job done right, it must do the heavy lifting itself. But politically, it's much easier and safer to blame the banks, who won't do the job properly.
(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 20, 2009 Karl Rove's Non-Denials About the Siegelman Case Segue Into Lies in the Wall Street Journal
Karl Rove can't help himself. The more he talks the more he suggests that he's guilty as sin. His throw-crap-against-the-wall-and-hope-it-sticks piece in The Wall Street Journal constitutes his latest non-denial about corrupt dealings with the Justice Department.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 26, 2021 Glenn Greenwald's Big Lie Campaign About Hunter Biden's Emails
A new book about Hunter Biden's emails doesn't confirm much of anything new. But Glenn Greenwald uses it as a pretext for inventing a vast left wing conspiracy about Big Media, Big Tech, the intelligence services and the Democrats. His technique: The Big Lie.
SHARE Monday, November 16, 2009 The Moral Compass Missing From The Greatest Trade Ever
A hedge fund manager's scheme to make billions by getting his bankers to issue new securities that were designed to fail. How some on Wall Street got rich by giving irrational exuberance an extra jolt.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 29, 2013 AEI's FHA Disinformation Campaign Ignores Basic Finance
How one discredited "mortgage expert" from the American Enterprise Institute launched an ongoing disinformation campaign to destroy a successful government program that helped stabilize the mortgage markets.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Fannie Mae Ignores SEC Lawsuit
Fannie Mae's latest financial disclosures belie the SEC's allegations against former company executives. The government lawsuit claims that the company understated its "true," holdings in subprime and Alt-A mortgages back in 2007-2008. Yet four years later, Fannie still refuses to change the way that it calculates and reports its exposure to subprime and Alt-A mortgages. Series: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac (18 Articles, 43866 views)