Word: factualism
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...producers of the ABC show insisted it was factual - but with some made-up stuff. The director of the Channel 4 show stressed it was fiction - but with copious archival footage of Bush to give the shooting a creepy verismo. If these declarations were made to clarify the makers' intentions, the strategy backfired. Advance reports of both efforts spurred demands for their suppression, virtually all of them from people who hadn't seen them...
...made statements that are equally critical of both parties. The way I feel is based on the factual history. It's a fact that the House Republicans and the Republican Administration were our largest stumbling blocks. I take issue with that we have elected officials in Washington, either Democrat or Republican, that think homeland security or national security is ad hoc. Everyone has to be an American first. Everyone has to support national security. If that means hurting cranberry pickers in Washington State or automakers in Detroit or constituents in Arizona, you don't get to pick and choose when...
...they aren’t bound by the same standard of accuracy. Traditional media has to draw a very distinct line between fact and opinion—interpretations are explicitly designated, conflicts of interest are expressly named. In contrast, live-blogging reports and online analyses carry the semblance of factual objectivity without any sort check to personal bias, and when they’re the public’s primary information source, this semblance can be mistaken for authenticity...
...request of the editorial board chairs, a reporter may sometimes be asked to appear at editorial meetings to answer factual questions relating to his or her beat. But in such cases, our policies mandate that the reporter “will take care to only answer questions he or she is asked, to refrain from expressing his or her personal views, and to leave the editorial meeting after they have finished answering questions...
...being obnoxious. Besides the general condescending tone, the simple fact of the matter is that most people at Harvard do walk most of the time (while at school anyway); if Hodge has evidence to the contrary, I’d be fascinated to see it. Furthermore, Hodge makes factual errors in his description of running. He states, “running [is] similar to walking, but at a faster rate.” This is not at all true; running and walking are orthogonal concepts. When you walk, as Hodge should know if he is such an expert, you always...