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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Did Bob Corker Just Cause GM to Lose 10% of Its Value on Inaccurate Information?
/79 Comments/in automobiles/by emptywheelBob Corker mouths off, falsely insinuating that the Big 2.5 weren’t going to get DOE money they’re counting on because they’re not viable companies. And GM loses 10% of its stock value. I thought it was considered bad form to make a company lose 10% of its stock value just to prove an ideological point.
Senate Auto Hearing: “Russian Roulette with the Economy”
/50 Comments/in automobiles/by emptywheelThe auto execs are before Senate Banking today–go here for the hearing.
Dodd is up, arguing that not helping the Big Two and a Half is like playing Russian Roulette with the American economy. He’s also beating up on Paulson for his irresponsibility with our TARP funds.
In my view of we’re going to insist on reforms from the auto industry, we ought to also require reforms from the finance industry.