Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Sunday that he’s flabbergasted that the New York Times continues to let economist/actor Ben Stein write a column in the Sunday newspaper.
“It’s not illegal – in this country – for Stein to make such allegations. But it is quite shocking, and depressing, that the Gray Lady would willingly allow herself to be used as a vehicle for this kind of yellow journalism – and would place it on the front page of its business section, no less.
“Do I have to slowly explain why Stein’s column is in fact unmitigated garbage? Thankfully, I don’t, because Dean Baker and Yves Smith have got there before me.”
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