The New York Times has an impressive graphic presenting information about executive compensation “for 200 chief executives at 198 public companies that filed their annual proxies by March 27 and had revenue of at least $6.3 billion.” More than 70 of the 200 folks received more than $10 million in compensation in 2008. (Also, as opposed to this morning’s example, this is an example of nuance being the good journalist’s friend.)
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political writer at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found here, and you can follow him on Twitter.