Does the NYT Prohibit Its Reporters/Columnists from Saying the Trade Deficit Is a Problem?

In the Soviet Union, for a long time, official publications (which were the only publications) were prohibited from mentioning Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the revolution, who subsequently fell out with Stalin and was forced into exile. I'm wondering if The New York Times has the same policy towards mentioning the trade deficit as a cause of economic weakness.

It's hard to reach any other conclusion after seeing David Leonhardt's piece on the recurring tendency of forecasters to be ove...