okidokiboki | Fact-checking in Nonfiction | BOOK DISCUSSION @okidokiboki | Uploaded April 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Some general angsting about the expectations we have for nonfiction, and in particular for nonfiction publishers.

[Works Mentioned]
Merchants of Truth, by Jill Abramson
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie
Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou

[Articles Quoted]
"Book publishing’s fact-checking failure, as illustrated by the Sally Kohn controversy," Vox - bit.ly/2IxSkTN
"Fact or friction: the problem with factchecking in the book world," The Guardian - bit.ly/2uXWMTB
"Book Publishing, Not Fact-Checking," The Atlantic - bit.ly/2VCDq29

[Abramson-related articles/threads]
"What the Jill Abramson book scandal tells us about publishing’s fact-checking problem," Vox - bit.ly/2HelF6k
Twitter thread from Danny Gould (former Vice reporter) - twitter.com/DGisSERIOUS/status/1083143135302221824

[Supplemental Information]
"Daniel Radcliffe and the Art of the Fact-Check," New Yorker - bit.ly/2QygvlF



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