John Moody died in the 1950s, but after he died, Moody's and Standard & Poor did something that Moody would not have approved of -they started accepting fees from the people they rate; some people think that you shouldn't do that.

约翰·穆迪在20世纪50年代去世,他死后,穆迪公司和标准普尔做了一些,穆迪绝对不会允许的事情...,他们开始接受被评级者所缴纳的费用,有些人认为不应该这样做

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Frederic Drevon, the managing director at Moody's, admitted that he was "not satisfied" with the performance of its ratings of products based on the US housing market.

BBC: Treasury Committee

But when he contacted Moody's, the response was that nothing could be done while the syndicate was not interacting: in other words, payment would open doors.

ECONOMIST: Credit-rating agencies