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You seem to have a poor grasp for what makes a good journalist. The whole point of the story would get lost if at every step the author is embedding irrelevant
by threeseed 2y ago
You seem to have a poor grasp for what makes a good journalist.
The whole point of the story would get lost if at every step the author is embedding irrelevant minutiae e.g. how many parts per million of Zinc versus the baseline, what constitutes normal etc. Information that an ordinary reader would not be able to make use of.
You need to make the story engaging, interesting and succinct whilst being factual.
- teddyh 2y ago> You need to make the story engaging, interesting and succinct Yes, that is the job of a journalist. I.e. it’s why they get paid. > whilst being factual. IIUC, there is no such requirement. Approximately nobody cares if what is written is strictly true or not. There are no negative consequences if something untrue is written. (Except for libel and other special cases.)