PAUL KRUGMAN MAKES MISTAKES

Never let it be said that I don't criticize the "liberal" media--turns out Paul Krugman has made a bunch of mistakes misquoting exactly what happened in Florida after the 2000 election debacle. The thing is, I hardly ever read his column, I just like to see him on C-SPAN when he gives lectures and talks and such. What's worse is that [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001220139|the article] reporting on the corrections of his mistakes, available at EditorAndPublisher.com, doesn't get terribly close to really explaining what he said. It does, however, quote one of the four retractions the NYT published, "correcting" Krugman's mistakes:

"In describing the results of the ballot study by the group led by The Miami Herald in his column of Aug. 26, Paul Krugman relied on the Herald report, which listed only three hypothetical statewide recounts, two of which went to Al Gore. There was, however, a fourth recount, which would have gone to George W. Bush. In this case, the two stricter-standard recounts went to Mr. Bush. A later study, by a group that included The New York Times, used two methods to count ballots: relying on the judgment of a majority of those examining each ballot, or requiring unanimity. Mr. Gore lost one hypothetical recount on the unanimity basis."

See, I'm not sure what this says about what Krugman said, so...?