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Show Me The Money

November 14, 2008

After months of asking The Federal Reserve to disclose the details of two trillion dollars in government loans to troubled financial institutions, Bloomberg News is suing The Fed under the Freedom of Information Act. Bloomberg News editor in chief Matt Winkler says taxpayers should know where their money is going.

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Posted by: Dan November 15, 2008 - 03:02PM
California

Your podcast stops after 1 minute. I love your show and hope you can re-post it. Thanks,

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Posted by: Bruce November 15, 2008 - 03:08PM
Vancouver, BC

I also had trouble with this podcast after 1 minute. I was able to open it in Audacity and save it out again to fix it, but it should be re-posted.

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Posted by: ryan November 15, 2008 - 04:16PM
Phoenix

PLEASE fix it!!! I can't possibly get through weekend chores without it!

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Posted by: Javier November 15, 2008 - 04:27PM

I absolutely cannot get my chores done without the podcast...and I am having a party tonight. Lots of people coming. You're my only hope...

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Posted by: Nicholas November 15, 2008 - 04:32PM

Yes, the podcast doesn't work after the preview. I miss you guys!

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Posted by: kevin November 15, 2008 - 05:09PM
Chelsea

I could not sssssstream tour show so woe

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Posted by: Michael Vuolo, OTM producer November 15, 2008 - 05:46PM
New York City

Hi all. Very sorry about the technical glitch with the podcast. Our engineers are working on it. Please check back in an hour or so. Thanks!

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Posted by: Om November 15, 2008 - 09:45PM
Raleigh

The show stops after a minute or so. When can we expect to get the fixed feed?

Thanks Mike!

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Posted by: Chad November 17, 2008 - 02:52AM
Yokohama, Japan

I thought it must be a joke: "If you'll stick around, I will..." But then he doesn't. ^,^;

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Posted by: Flick November 17, 2008 - 05:52PM
Olympia, WA

Back to the subject of the segment: Haven't the Bloomberg News folks heard of the "invisible hand of the market"?

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Posted by: Jacob Fisher November 18, 2008 - 09:18AM
Philadelphia, PA

Ah, but for the invisible hand to operate as Adam Smith intended there must be market transparency so the invisible hand has perfect knowledge. Treasury's opacity in this instance is an affront both to freedom of information and to free market capitalism.

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Posted by: superf88 November 18, 2008 - 09:58AM

(just download the entire show and listen to the first part, folks)

-- MAJOR props to the the Bloomberg editor for filing a FOI and sticking w the story-- THAT, of course, is the kind of journalism/effort/integrity that citizens pay for, now and forever.

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Posted by: Nader Omar MCM 101 November 20, 2008 - 06:15PM
Pueblo, Colorado

I really do agree that it is the tax payers right to know where the money is going. It is just a little eerie that even after all this pressure the government still has not broken out of what the money has been used for yet. Possibly something that wasn't worth it? Or something that could be a little controversial.

Nader Omar ---- MCM 101

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