Skepticism

What 's The Real Score with AIG

Time Magazine 's March 30 , 2009 issue 's front cover says it all-- a lighted cluster bomb with an AIG label pasted on it is set at the center contrasting the whiteness of the where it had been printed and the tag printed in red bold fonts saying , The Bailout Bomb ' which implies the overpowering effect of the company 's unperceived instability on the lives of many people not just in America but all throughout the world

The cover story written by Saporito and titled

, How AIG became Too Big To Fail ' provides a clearer explanation on the irony . In this article instead of a whole photo of a towering 66-storey art Deco building and considered the fifth tallest building in New York (The AIG Building , n .d , only a snapshot of AIG 's level ground structure with doors flung open and two most probably employees of said company who have just stepped out of the building , have been captured to highlight the story . As a whole , the article , although it leaves room for the reader to decided whether or not to empathize with AIG 's predicament , is indirectly warning its readers of the ill effects of having to trust insurance companies even one that has been backed by the government and had been flourishing for years , such as AIG

Saporito explains using hard facts (statistics , AIG 's historical and financial data , and direct quotations from respected personalities ) to appeal to his...