Go read Nate Silver taking the WSJ editorial board to task over their claims regarding Minnesota’s “illegitimate” senator:

The Wall Street Journal is bar none one of the best newspapers in the country — except when its Editorial Board is having a bad day. And today the Board is having a very bad day, having published an editorial that declares Al Franken’s provisional win in Minnesota, which the state just certified moments ago, to be illegitimate, while accusing Minnesota’s Canvassing Board of being inconsistent and biased in favor of Franken.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong with taking such a position. The Journal’s editorial, however, has several basic facts wrong, makes several other assertions based on flimsy or nonexistent evidence, and generally has little understanding of the process that has taken place to date.

People who are bad at their jobs shouldn’t be allowed to continue unabated.

Tags: Minnesota, recount, Wall Street Journal

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