The backlash to the backlash over “pink slime” continues: This past weekend in the Washington Post business section, Dina ElBoghdady reported on the consequences resulting from the panic. What is interesting is how it’s understood within the piece that, at this juncture, what transpired was an overreaction via social media and that, as it turns out, this “lean, finely textured beef” has been, and is, safe for consumption.

Writes ElBoghdady: