The Bret Stephens Bedbugs Saga Backfired Gloriously

The New York Times columnist offers a mind-numbing example of intellectual dishonesty

Bret Stephens appears on ‘Meet the Press.’ Photo: William B. Plowman/NBC NewsWire/Getty

This isn’t the first time the New York Times’ cavalcade of columnist trolls have inspired a public scandal stretching far beyond the realm of believability. If Bari Weiss already mastered the art of baiting faux concern by constantly…