Word: factualism
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...proportion of the total population under the control of the Saigon government. In this sense, as I stated in the article, the "Maoist-inspired rural revolution" had been undercut by the "American-sponsored urban revolution." "Forced-draft urbanization" had been an "effective response" to the VC strategy. These factual observations in the article were not and could not have been prescriptive; they were simple, straight-forward descriptions of what had happened and was happening in South Vietnam as I observed it; my prescriptive "policy recommendations" were entirely different. In a similar factual vein, my article also described the extent...
...Laszlo Pasztor '73, chairman of Harvard Young Americans for Freedom and co-chairman of Students for a Just Peace. An honest and conscientious newspaper receives many such letters. Some are justified and many contain some truth; many others are misleading and self-serving attempts to confuse readers about straightforward, factual stories. The usual policy is to publish, the letter with, at most, a modest reply, and to reply on the fairness of the coverage in question to convince readers of the truth...
Unfortunately Ford had a compulsive need for gratitude. When not enough of it was forthcoming, he reminded people of their debt, or made grandiose public claims for himself. The classic case, which Mizener seems to put in factual perspective at last, is Ford's decade-long collaboration with Joseph Conrad, an idea proposed by Conrad...
...intention is to decompose history and material conditions for analysis, leaving the re-composition incomplete. Further criticism, conclusions, and choices for action must be taken up by the audience; discussion becomes praxis determined by the people. There is no recourse to cinema-verite pretensions of proof, to demonstrating factual unity of sound and image, since La Hora de los Hornos does not purport to be a chunk of reality, a perfection, an end in itself, but rather a beginning...
...VIPs seemed to be selected to make them look foolish. The script, though generally well-done, was sometimes flawed by heavily underlining its points, trying too hard for irony or poignancy (after a firepower demonstration: "War is not fought in front of a grandstand"). Numerous complaints about factual accuracy and deceptive editing followed from Defense Department Spokesman Daniel Z. Henkin. But the issues were relatively minor and probably beside the point; more significant was the program's overall impact. Investigative reporting is strongest when it includes the best of what it is condemning. The CBS show never seemed...