Blogger versus NYT

Tom Blumer at BizzyBlog prompted a roiling fraternity of visitor commentary with a post which criticized a New York Times economic news piece by David Cay Johnston. In a nutshell, Tom contends that data are ignored or incompletely analyzed and the facts cited were twisted to present a negative impression. I agree. In fact, I'd say the NYT applies the technique regularly.

To his credit, Johnston weighs in but mistakenly asserts that his integrity was attacked. I don't think so. Tom opined on the reporting, not the reporter.

Nonetheless, the informative post and comment thread are entertaining -- even if one is not thrilled by economic statistics. Go visit.