The PoMos are right: Narratives don’t get built out of facts. Narratives tell us which facts matter. Within a narrative, it’s important that journalistic reports be accurate. But accuracy is not enough to bring about intelligibility or to tear down an existing intelligibility. —David Weinberger —Jay Rosen’s New Lessons (Joho the Blog)
A great take on “Things I used to teach [about journalism] that I no longer believe.”
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