Consumer Reports for punditry – best idea of the day

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/opinion/26Kristof.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

So what about a system to evaluate us prognosticators? Professor Tetlock suggests that various foundations might try to create a “trans-ideological Consumer Reports for punditry,” monitoring and evaluating the records of various experts and pundits as a public service. I agree: Hold us accountable!

Experts get it wrong about the same amount of the time as flipping a coin get’s it right.  Lovely.  Accountability for pundits.