CNBC’s Bain & Company Report Was Right All Along

Following up on a story from yesterday, CNBC’s Eamon Javers has filed an update to his reporting on whether or not Bain & Company advised Obama administration officials on the U.S. automaker bailout in 2009. The result: they did.

We’ll try to break it down:

• Thursday: On CNBC.com Javers reports Bain & Company advised admin officials working on the auto bailout; Bain & Company spokesman calls story “factually incorrect” and demands an “immediate retraction”

• Friday: CNBC.com issues correction, contacts Inspector General’s office

• Monday: Federal holiday, nothing happens.

• Tuesday: Spokesman for Bain & Company confirms the discussion occurred

• Wednesday: CNBC.com updates story

And why, you ask, does any of this matter? I suppose it’s because presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a former CEO of Bain & Company, where he worked both before and after founding Bain Capital. He left Bain & Co. in 1992, when, incidentally, U.S automakers were also not doing so hot, but nowhere near a government bailout. (All research done without Wikipedia).

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