Granting Boskin an editorial is a problem because he was a direct cause in the financial collapse, and it was a followup to a few other posts he'd made.

There are brokers on the trading floor, you can ask them why they're selling

Traders on the floor and in the pits trade in reaction to price, not the news. News can be bad and price still go up-- just watch the futures market when jobless claims are reported in the mornings...