One of the many stories that are off-limits to mainstream reporters who cover politics:

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman questioned the budget math of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in an appearance on Current TV Wednesday, saying he had duped conservatives and members of the media into thinking he has a serious budget plan when he really doesn’t.

Krugman noted, as he often has in his columns and blog posts, that the tax cuts and spending changes in Ryan’s budget do not add up, saying that he is simply “faking it” on the numbers. Specifically when it comes to Medicaid, he said, Ryan’s budget would essentially take money from the poor and give it to the rich.

“If you look at this, you say, ‘How can he get away with this? The world’s greatest nation falls for this flimflam?” Krugman said.

Ryan gets away with it, he said, because few people take the time to do the math, and because the media and Republicans are so eager to have a so-called serious conservative to fit their narrative…

The story is not that Ryan made a speech on his budget plan at the Republican convention. The story is that his plan is a fraud, and that doing the math proves this. Reporters at major media outlets are not “duped.” They are enablers of Ryan’s fraud, and their “he said/she said” approach to journalism is another fraud. How about a column that addresses this reality, Paul?

Footnote: Top five fibs in Ryan’s convention speech.

Newsflash: Covering Congress is like participating in the theater of the absurd. So why wait until you’re no longer covering D.C. to give your us honest opinion of the job? More here.