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KKK And OrangeJello Were Journalism Errors

The two things in Freakonomics that turned out to be plain wrong—the Stetson Kennedy KKK infiltration story and the OrangeJello/LemonJello naming anecdote—were both based on credible-seeming sources rather than Levitt's own data analysis, while his research-based findings have stood the test of time.

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Speaker

Steven Levitt

Evidence Quote

“I can't think of anything of my own research that is in there that I would say, 'No, no. Actually that's just plain wrong.'”

Source

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of Economics— EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:15 AM

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