Since I posted on Joe Scarborough's witless response in Politico to Paul Krugman's appearance on Morning Joe, much as occurred. Scarborough's article stimulated something of an Internet firestorm.
First, Paul Krugman responded directly to Scarborough's article. And again.
Next, Jon Chait weighed in on the controversy. In the post "Wow, Joe Scarborough Doesn’t Understand Economics at All", the summary quote is "On virtually every single fact here, though, Scarborough is wrong." Then, Scarborough responded to Chait and Krugman both on Morning Joe and Twitter. The relevant discussion begins at about the 5:30 point.
Next, Chait responded directly to Scarborough, including Scarborough's Tweet in which he hilariously (completely unintentional) wrote "Childish insults and skewed graphs liberals make up on their mom's PowerPoint does not change reality. Facts-and math-are stubborn things."
This is all very entertaining. Chait's analogy between this flap and Scarborough's short-lived public feud with Nate Silver, which ended in Scarborough conceding everything that Silver had claimed and (sort of) apologizing. Of course, there is no single illuminating event, such as the results of an election, that will offer as clear and opportunity to test Scarborough's position. Too bad.
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