Glenn Greenwald · @ggreenwald
16th Aug 2011 from Twitlonger
How punditry works: 3 weeks ago, Jonathan Bernstein, in the WashPost, mocks the idea as "sillÿ" that Pawlenty is in trouble ("It's time to buy Tim Pawlenty stock. . . . He remains a very viable candidate in a field without many of them") http://is.gd/hjhccB
Then, when Pawlenty drops out a mere 3 weeks later, Bernstein goes to his blog and declares that it's "no great surprise" -- he expected this all along! -- never mentioning his very recent, very wrong proclamations to the contrary - http://is.gd/DjtwlO
Encourage you kids to go into political journalism: it's the most accountability-free profession on the planet