Accidentally Funny CNBC Grapples With Costco Gold Sales

Like anthropologists studying a primitive tribe

The legacy media has never understood gold, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Costco and Walmart stocking precious metals — to booming demand — would seem a bit odd. But CNBC just outdid itself with a piece that can be divided into two parts: A befuddled but more or less factual accounting of the trends and numbers, followed by an absolutely batshit cr…