Comments on: The Memory Hole, Secrecy, Credibility, and Journalism http://www.contentious.com/2004/11/19/the-memory-hole-secrecy-credibility-and-journalism/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Anonymous http://www.contentious.com/2004/11/19/the-memory-hole-secrecy-credibility-and-journalism/#comment-2616 Anonymous Fri, 03 Dec 2004 04:23:25 +0000 #comment-2616 Perhaps you need to ask (or publish) questions that let the reader see who would benefit from hiding this information. Rather like discovering if a person is lying:- "so you went to get an ice cream" "Did you see the delivery truck skill all the candy bars on the road?" If the person ws there they answer immdeiately. If they were lying they mave to think what is the best answer. So the questioner can tell the person is lying because of the pause!! Journalists need a similiar device. Perhaps you need to ask (or publish) questions that
let the reader see who would benefit from hiding this
information.

Rather like discovering if a person is lying:-
“so you went to get an ice cream” “Did you see the
delivery truck skill all the candy bars on the road?”

If the person ws there they answer immdeiately.

If they were lying they mave to think what
is the best answer.

So the questioner can tell the person is lying because
of the pause!!
Journalists need a similiar device.

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