Only a few outlets warned of subprime collapse
(NEWSER) - If the financial crisis shocked news readers—and it did—it must have surprised news writers as well, David Folkenflik reasons on NPR. He surveyed major US publications and, sure enough, found few warnings of financial doom pre-meltdown. A New York Times columnist explained it this way: "As long as the stock market is going up, people don't really pay attention to a lot of other things." More»