The Truth Hurts
Despite a gruelling investigative chase, we may never knowthe full story of Mulroney, Schreiber and Airbus July–August 2010
One of the reasons journalists grapple with the concept of truth is that they are never entirely sure what kind of truth they are dealing with, according to communications scholar John C. Merrill. Most daily reporting can’t aim for anything but a very low level of truth. Given a pressing deadline and a propensity to take most people at their…