Open AccessCommentary: The smartest guys in the room – covering the Enron saga
Author(s) -
Bethany McLean
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v14i1.920
Subject(s) - publishing , perspective (graphical) , law , project commissioning , enforcement , management , advertising , media studies , art , sociology , business , political science , economics , visual arts
Fortune magazine Bethany McLean profiles her expose on the 2001 Enron financial scandal...
"I thought I'd just start by telling you the story of Enron from my own perspective. It is funny that Helen Clark used the word 'antediluvian' and the director of the enforcement of the US securities regulator SEC recently made a comment that many people in the market today weren't around at the time of the Enron collapse. That made me feel like a bit of a dinosaur..."