Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Brief Response | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone

Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Brief Response | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone

The new issue of Rolling Stone features an in-depth interview with President Obama. An interview with a sitting president is always an intense experience for any news outlet, but in this case the Obama interview offered us an additional surprise. When asked a question about financial regulation, the president turned the tables on us and critiqued Rolling Stone's reporting on issues like the Dodd-Frank reform bill. We – well, I, specifically – criticized the Obama administration for not going far enough in reforming Wall Street, and he used the interview as an opportunity to respond on that score.