Rainbow Bridge Explosion a Lesson to Be Cautious in Proclaiming the Cause of an Incident Before All the Facts Are In

Somewhere over the Rainbow Bridge…  As I and many others have noted, we live in an information age. Events occur and we hear of them almost immediately on our televisions, radios, laptops, and iPhones. What happened is shared instantaneously even if the data is partial, uncorroborated, or still being collected.  Parallel to this, we are also told what it all means, what the implications are, why we should care, and what we need to do about it (if anything). In light of the alacrity of the delivery of the information, these assessments are often wrong, or at least incomplete. I term this “instant analysis.” And it is a problem, especially when it comes to (perceived) acts of violence. ...