Daily Howler Pith and Vinegar: "The Rule of the Wrong"

[BurtWorm]

The whole review of Brooks and Friedman (from a couple of days ago) is worth reading, but the first graph is a real pith-er.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh121806.shtml

FROM THE ONGOING ANNALS OF RULE BY THE WRONG: On yesterday’s Meet the Press, Tim Russert spoke about Iraq with a two-man panel—David Brooks and Thomas Friedman. What made this panel so intriguing? Each man supported the war from the start! Thus continued the media custom known in these precincts as “rule by the wrong.” If you were right from the start about Iraq, you’re pretty much banned from network discussions. Only those who were wrong can still comment. It’s something like a basketball tourney where only the losers advance.

[EFerrari]

1. I bet these are the only shows Mr. Danger watches.

Trifecta.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I believe Meet the Mess

is a better description of Russert's show. Seems to me as if our mass corporate media punditry reward failure just as the Bush Maladministration. Obviously Brooks and Friedman have been doing a heckuva job, why spoil it by interviewing someone who was right to begin with.

[TahitiNut]

3. It's called "failing upward." Common in many corporations.

It's a corollary to the Peter Principle.