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How ironic that the magazine that hosts Malcolm Gladwell would post a piece on how effectively one can use stories to promote oneself, even (especially) if you
by spodek 11y ago
How ironic that the magazine that hosts Malcolm Gladwell would post a piece on how effectively one can use stories to promote oneself, even (especially) if you don't care about its accuracy.
His stories aren't of the sort of those in the article, but he's certainly no stranger to abandoning accuracy in favor of a story, and profiting from it.
- ktamura 11y agoWhile Gladwell himself is notorious for lack of factual rigor (as a former math person, I especially wince at his "Igon value"), the New Yorker itself is famous for its rigorous fact-checking. In this age of fast-food quality writings littered with half-assed research or mere speculations, I appreciate the time and the effort that the New Yorker team puts into their craft. At the same time, the New Yorker is indeed known for their over-the-top narratives. There's both pros and cons to this approach. For example, a great work of literary journalism like "In Cold Blood" and "Hiroshima" were first published on the New Yorker because of this editorial tendency. On the other hand, their long-form content makes their subjects less approachable to a large swath of English-reading (especially those who aren't native readers of the language) population.
- Marcomasino 11y agoIt's not the long-form content that's off putting but the form of the content.