If we think of the quotidianess of lived life, the trouble with it is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity, What that usually boils down to is a belief in the superior veracity of fiction: that you can tell more of the truth about more of life by making things up, an accusing finger could be pointed at both Trump and the media's onslaught against him
In Rortyian (Richrd Rorty) terms, it’s a commitment to the idea that the kinds of sentence used in fiction do more and more important work than other sorts of 'truthful' sentences.
For journalists then 'Truth' is likely to be less artistic, less considered and in the larger sense less truthful . On the other hand journalism does have going for it the very considerable glamour and appearance of fact, as if like medieval monks the had been labouring over their parchment with devoted restraint.. Subsequently the truth about Trump is all the more menacing because it is strictly implicit rather than boringly explicit. Think the Mueller inquiry after two years
it seethes and meanders along implicitly implying Trump guilt but refrains from naming him explicitly. Well, 'truth' is just not much fun,is it?
In Rortyian (Richrd Rorty) terms, it’s a commitment to the idea that the kinds of sentence used in fiction do more and more important work than other sorts of 'truthful' sentences.
For journalists then 'Truth' is likely to be less artistic, less considered and in the larger sense less truthful . On the other hand journalism does have going for it the very considerable glamour and appearance of fact, as if like medieval monks the had been labouring over their parchment with devoted restraint.. Subsequently the truth about Trump is all the more menacing because it is strictly implicit rather than boringly explicit. Think the Mueller inquiry after two years
it seethes and meanders along implicitly implying Trump guilt but refrains from naming him explicitly. Well, 'truth' is just not much fun,is it?
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