https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/14/predictable-in-retrospect-the-danger-of-hindsight-bias-in-election-postmortems/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:29:20 -0400<![CDATA[The hindsight bias we have seen is fueled in part by the wave of post-election spin that follows every election. Inevitably, the press reports, as it has this time around, that the winner won due to the strategic genius of the candidate and his campaign (often based on source-greasing interviews with staffers taking a victory lap) and the loser lost due to disarray and mistakes within his campaign (typically fueled by internal leaks seeking to deflect blame).]]>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:05:41 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/14/predictable-in-retrospect-the-danger-of-hindsight-bias-in-election-postmortems-n97479