An old newsroom saying goes: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. It's an irreverent quip, but it also can mean that a feature narrative can be unduly disrupted by having to attribute each and every fact. Or it can mean that reporting gets compressed for space reasons, and readers... -
Sources of Confusion
An old newsroom saying goes: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. It's an irreverent quip, but it also can mean that a feature narrative can be unduly disrupted by having to attribute each and every fact. Or it can mean that reporting gets compressed for space reasons, and readers...-
By Deborah Howell