By Bal(t)imoron, 3 months and 8 days ago

Why Facts Are Inadequate

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5 comments

Gravatar #5. Bal(t)imoron
3 months and 6 days ago

It's easy to listen when you only have three readers!

Gravatar #4. Brendan
3 months and 6 days ago

I like the new comments look.

Yay! Blank lines!

Thanks for listening to you readers.

Gravatar #3. Bal(t)imoron
3 months and 7 days ago

I believe I'm going to revamp the comments soon. I don't like how they work, either.

Gravatar #2. Brendan
3 months and 7 days ago

BTW, what happened to your «preview» button?

Second picayune gripe: Is there a way to preserve blank lines in comments? They always get swallowed up upon posting.

Gravatar #1. Brendan
3 months and 7 days ago

If you're saying that Hersch took a long time to say «we don't really know much,» I agree -- I had the same reaction while reading his article.

On the other hand, I think it's a very good thing that some in the media make an effort to document everything that they can, even if, as in this case, the result is just an assemblage of facts and quotes that don't tell a satisfying story. We can't always know everything, so the next best thing to do is get what we do know and put it in one place. At the very least, Hersch's article represents a good step in what I hope will be an ongoing investigation.