Posted on 10/24/2020 9:30:03 AM PDT by lowbuck
In his memoir, Banana Sunday, the late British newspaperman Christopher Munnion described his first encounter with what was then called New Journalism. . . snip
Modern narrative journalism has now advanced to the point where the narrative no longer has to have any connection with reality. In fact, it is probably better that it doesnt, as the facts are most troublesome for narratives that claim some connection to reality. Instead it is best to come up with a good script that satisfies some desire in the audience. That way, they are not going to be too interested in looking for plot holes or conflicts in the story.
Its why we were deluged with stories of heroic first responders battling the coronavirus at our overwhelmed hospitals. The COVID script required overwhelmed hospitals, so the journalist wrote stories about the overwhelmed hospitals. The fact that hospitals were mostly empty due to canceling all services did not register. New York City had hospital ships and an outdoor hospital, all of which sat empty, but that did not fit the story, so it was ignored and no one cared.
(Excerpt) Read more at takimag.com ...
I guess for me what hits home is here in Germany we are blasted with all the "new cases" that are reported. No one has yet explained (1) what a 'case' is; (2) how many of these new cases require hospital treatment and (3) how many deaths have resulted from new CRAZY-19 infections. Oh, it is a narrative and causing so much suffering (now and in the future).
Joe Biden agrees: https://youtu.be/DFPH4NCHZZo
l8r
Very good article. Thanks for sharing. I in turn shared it with others. 8>)
That same narrative plays out here as well. If this had happened under Obama there would have been hardly any mention of it except that Obama was doing a wonderful job.
Thanks for this, one I might otherwise have missed even though I check in on Taki regularly. Excellent.
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