It's because there's no drama. The chaos/drama Queens always snatch the headlines and the first 45 mins (maybe an exaggeration, but maybe not) of any tv programming .. ;)
For me, the deal is this. I trust Mike Konczal. He is the guy who found the huge error in reinhart rogoff's much acclaimed book - This Time It's Different - it turned out that they had dropped or lost a bunch of work .. data spreads .. lol . .whatever that means .. anyway .. their work was discredited and Mike is the guy who did it ...
And yes, I know he could still make a mistake .. but I don't think he did on this article .. I believe it . He writes for the "New Next Deal" ..the WAPO and he writes with the TOP writers both economic and 'other' from all the 'right' (lol) places .. . continuously, so in no way .. would his peers let him get away with any bull S. .. ;)