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The NYT tends to have really good articles, but some of their columnists are so off the wall I can't figure out how they keep their jobs. Being a columnists giv
by AJ007 14y ago
The NYT tends to have really good articles, but some of their columnists are so off the wall I can't figure out how they keep their jobs. Being a columnists gives the writer a self reinforcing celebrity factor then they just stick around way longer than they should.
- crander 14y agoFYI: Krugman is a Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who is quite otherwise famous.
- michaelwww 14y agoHe's not just a columnist at the Times, he's the only columinst at the Times ;-) http://krugmantimes.com/ http://krugmantimes.com/
- MaysonL 14y agoJust about the only one worth reading. And the one[0] [in just about the whole of the news industry] with the best track record as far as making testable and correct predictions. [0] http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/130485/claim-krugman-is-top-prognosticator-cal-thomas-is-the-worst/ http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/130485/claim-kr...
- michaelwww 14y agoDon't get me wrong, I'm a big Krugman fan. Even he had a good laugh at the Krugman Times and shared it on his blog.
- 1337biz 14y agoquite otherwise famous = sadly enough by reinventing himself as a partisan talk show pundit.