Don't let the facts upset your rhetoric - Bob Herbert had an article so shabby in facts and opinion that even liberal economist/blogger Brad DeLong couldn't let it slide: "How has the New York Times managed to pick Bob Herbert out of the 75 million liberal adults in America? It is a mystery." I'm tempted to say that he fits a certain ideological requirement that finds support from the Times editorial board, fact-checkers be damned.

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