You're right. I know that. The book is about what goes on inside the mind of individuals (all of us) when we rationalize and self-justify.
The book also provides insight on why journalism today fails miserably in getting at the who, what, when, where, how and why of events because most (lazy) journalists simply
take what two opposing people/sides of stories say and report that as fact. And often, it's not fact but complete bs.
Indeed.