"rant on a story that is not about journalism and is being reported by Simon Johnson" Johnson is the real deal I have no issue with him obviously. Catherine R

"rant on a story that is not about journalism and is being reported by Simon Johnson" Johnson is the real deal I have no issue with him obviously. Catherine Rampell is founding editor of the Economix blog. "ad-hominem attack against a reporter" It's an attack against the New York Times the paper of record not Catherine. "has nothing to do with this story" afaik she decides what gets onto the blog or not. She is the gatekeeper. "you apparently know a lot about for some reason" Not really. Just what I've linked to. Took a second to do the links after a search. "It's kind of weird." Why? Edit: I might add also I love people who imply someone isn't being nice to someone "ad-hominem" by not being nice ("it's kinda weird")