The attack on Chk has come primarily through the media picking up on Reuters & then they run with it. But the Reuters report is at pains to point out that the opinions expressed abt Chk are not theirs but that of their freelance journalists.

The opinion that counts is surely that of the one putting up the money to Chk & that is as follows:

Thomas ( EIG ) , in the letter to investors, blamed the media for "making something out of nothing" in its reporting on the McClendon loans,

Of course there is room for improvement with Chk goverance & board etc but this is being spun as if they are crooks.

The price of natural gas is the core issue.