Here’s what passes for responsible journalism these days.

The story says:

But the revelations that billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars were funneled through AIG to Goldman Sachs — one of Wall Street’s most politically connected firms — and to European banks including Deutsche Bank, France’s Societe Generale and the UK’s Barclays could stoke further outrage at the entire U.S. bank bailout.

The headline they slapped on it:

AIG massive payments to banks stoke bailout rage

And the culprit is not exactly a minor player in the game: Reuters.

Here are some other potential possibilities that I would love to see them cover the same way, headlining them as fact:
— Prick Cheney could be arrested as a war criminal.
— George Bush could admit that we did too torture people.
— Warren Buffet could admit that Berkshire Hathaway is an elaborate fraud
— Bill Gates could publicly apologize for years of unethical business practices by Microsoft.
— Reuters could decide to lay off 100% of its worldwide employees.