I personally suffer from foresight bias
Jonathan Rauch over at the National Journal has added a new twist to the old "The media's makin' us look bad in Iraq" angle that the right keeps spinning.
He says all us whiners are suffering from
"hindsight bias." And the way he says it, it don't sound good atall.
Problem is, his example, about folks saying they would have known better once they hear that something bad has happened, doesn't work at all on those who opposed the war before it started. What's our problem, Jonathan? We're bound to be messin' things up somehow.
If you get a chance, email Jonathan at jrauch@nationaljournal.com and tell him you prefer the flypaper theory, strictly on the basis of entertainment value.
