Fed Lashes Out at ‘Errors’ in Reporting

The Federal Reserve unleashed an unusual attack Tuesday on Bloomberg News, charging in a letter to members of Congress that stories about its bailout programs “have contained a variety of egregious errors and mistakes.”

The letter, signed by the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, showed that the central bank remains deeply concerned that public anger about its actions during the financial crisis will have political consequences, like new limits on its freedom of action.