Word: factualism
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...woeful ignorance of elementary psychology. Not only is truth highly elusive in "a field dominated by hostility," he says, but the law wrongly assumes that witnesses can "see accurately, hear accurately and recall accurately." Man is so subjective, Marshall argues, that the law's naive reliance on his "factual" testimony is almost laughable...
...unity is so weak among the great powers as to be shaken by a few factual stories," Sulzberger replied, "then it won't stand up anyway...
...counter-exam, however, may have alienated a good number of moderates who felt that evidence produced was a little too devastating and could be dismissed as one more propaganda stunt. The exam probably would have attracted more sympathizes had it exercised a little more restraint and limited itself to factual questions, but the results would have been a good deal less dramatic. If it over-dramatizes differences, the test is just one more example of the polarization of opinion which results from a fundamental liberal-conservative split over the question...
...would question that TIME'S story was as factual, unbiased, fair, objective, truthful, unopinionated and impartial as any brief uttered by the mouthpieces and stooges for underworld characters. Even so, I'll bet some of the writer's best friends are policemen...
Nadav Safran, associate professor of Government suggested the Speak-out. Its purpose, he said, was "to keep the fires of dissent and protest alive in America." It is definitely not to be a teach-in, a debate, or even a discussion, he added, asserting that people already have enough factual information about Vietnam...