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I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I've discovered that I don't have the journalism nose for blood. -- Kathryn Harrison
People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true. -- Lewis H. Lapham
I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue. -- David Simon
When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't true. What became important was to have a point of view. -- Annie Leibovitz
It is true that the Internet can be used to disseminate falsehoods quickly, but it just as quickly roots them out and exposes them in a way that the traditional model of journalism and its closed, insular, one-way form of communication could never do. -- Glenn Greenwald
In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The best fiction is far more true than any journalism. -- William Faulkner
The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true. -- Gore Vidal
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Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is. -- Joseph Campbell
Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them. --
Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism... -- Hunter S. Thompson

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