It was about who is stringing them together, and how and why. The argument was about competing stories and the kind of surprise the writer had sprung on his readers to make his story compelling. The truest facts remain lifeless unless one weaves them into a larger drama of unfolding mystery. A good tragedy, a bewitching romance, an irreverent comedy, these make you want to laugh or cry in a way a list of facts never can. We applaud Stephen Brill .
Lets get the facts.
Let's be honest and accountable. But lets not imagine that this is all there is to it. You don't make up facts. But you always make up a story. Now that's an honest journalist speaking.