http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6857/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ignoring-troubled-auto-czars-friendship-nyt-publisher <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The friendship between Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Obama&#039;s &quot;auto czar&quot; Steven Rattner has not been worth mentioning ever since Rattner&#039;s old Wall Street firm first drew attention in a public pension scandal. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> Tuesday's front-page piece by Michael J de la Merced and Danny Hakim, Obama <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/business/14rattner.html?scp=2&sq=rattner&st=cse">Choice On Auto Woes Is Leaving Post</a>," dealt with Steven Rattner quitting his post as Obama's chief adviser on the auto industry (his "auto czar") now that his former Wall Street firm's role in a public pension scandal has attracted the attention of prosecutors. <p></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ignoring-troubled-auto-czars-friendship-nyt-publisher" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch ArthurSulzbergerJr. AutoCzar DannyHakim MichaelJdelaMerced NewYorkTimes NYTimes StevenRattner TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:00 +0000 admin 6953 at http://archive2.mrc.org