More Affirmative Action for Mexico in Economic Reporting

NAFTA may not have done much to improve Mexico's growth rate, but its approval sure did wonders for U.S. reporting on Mexico's economy. The Washington Post in particular has run several pieces touting Mexico's booming economy and rising middle class (e.g here and here). In fact, a 2007 Post editorial even claimed that Mexico's GDP had quadrupled in the years from 1988 to 2007. (The actual growth figure was 83 percent.)

The NYT appears to be getting into the act with an article discussing Mex...