It’s easy to be breezy with the facts, especially now when, as Tom Hanks said: ”Truth is no longer empirical…no longer based on data or common sense or even common decency.” But the thousands who read this blog aren’t breezy. They’re intransigent truthers. Even when I write something we all take for true, a hawk-eyed friend will not only note that it’s not, but correct me in no uncertain terms. In doing this, they open a world of expertise and passion that I’m barely aware of. What could be better than that?
FAST-CHECKING. FACT-CHECKING.
FAST-CHECKING. FACT-CHECKING.
FAST-CHECKING. FACT-CHECKING.
It’s easy to be breezy with the facts, especially now when, as Tom Hanks said: ”Truth is no longer empirical…no longer based on data or common sense or even common decency.” But the thousands who read this blog aren’t breezy. They’re intransigent truthers. Even when I write something we all take for true, a hawk-eyed friend will not only note that it’s not, but correct me in no uncertain terms. In doing this, they open a world of expertise and passion that I’m barely aware of. What could be better than that?