jebmo’s posthaven

We have two tendencies worth considering as we're evaluating where to place this year's critical vote - a bias to avoid evidence that disagrees with our existing worldview (and to gravitate towards things that support it), but also a bias away from seeking real evidence documenting what we already believe (and therefore sometimes believing things not as well supported as we think, as a result).  I've had a disheartening sense of hypocrisy about Obama's aggressively negative campaign tactic of accusing Romney of lying in the last few months (full disclosure, I'm likely a Romney voter this year, but a reluctant supporter, and have admired Obama as a man greatly up until the last few months of this election season), but I haven't taken the time to try to document this sense to see if it's a fair one.  (Which is not to say I think Obama's accusation is wrong, but rather that he's largely given a free pass by the mainstream media in being allowed to make this accusation without the same kind of frenzied fact checking that is directed right.)  So I found this article very interesting. There are a few "lies" documented that I don't agree with (more like mistakes), but the rest is worth considering, especially if it might contradict your previously held views.

Here's another example squarely in the category of hypocrisy and lying that I also find really troubling (written by the creator of Dilbert):

http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/firing_offense/