Silly Yellen Bashing at the WaPo

The campaign to install Larry Summers instead of Janet Yellen as Fed chair was chock full of sexist innuendo as pundits speculated as to whether Yellen had the gravitas to hold down the job. The Washington Post's editorial on Yellen's first press conference showed that such attitudes continue in elite Washington circles.

The headline complained:

"In Fed media event, Yellen isn't able to control the message."

The piece itself told readers:

"Mr. Bernanke’s successor, Janet Yellen, met with repo...