Shot: Gail Collins of the New York Times, referring to teacher layoffs in Wisconsin that included by-all-accounts excellent teacher Megan Sampson.
…those layoffs happened because Walker cut state aid to education.
Chaser: John McCormack of the Weekly Standard, noting the implied temporal paradox.
…the big error in Collins’s piece is her claim that “those layoffs happened because Walker cut state aid to education.” As you can see in the excerpt above, Collins is talking about teacher layoffs that occurred in 2010. Walker did not become governor until 2011.
Continue reading Actually, it’s more like “Gail Collins (@nytimescollins) needs a competent editor.”