News commentators have failed again: it's time to broadcast what they said before | Yoram Dori

Yoram Dori attacks Israeli news commentators for repeated prediction failures, and suggests broadcasting their previous statements before new forecasts. He claims the commentators explain every outcome as expected, and calls for inviting a commentator who will say 'I don't know'.

In an opinion column, Yoram Dori attacks Israeli news commentators, arguing that they have repeatedly failed to predict political outcomes yet retain their self-confidence. According to him, the more wrong the forecast, the more decisive the subsequent analysis: those who promised a certain party would crash now explain why its success was expected, and those who predicted a sweeping victory explain that the defeat was inevitable. Dori suggests broadcasting the commentators' previous statements before they make new forecasts, as a public service, and inviting one commentator to the studio who is capable of saying 'I don't know'. The column was written against the backdrop of the 2026 elections, and expresses skepticism about the commentators' ability to predict who will form the next government.