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The Politics journalists’ ethic of efficacy enabled them to steer a course of principled action in a post-truth news era, when journalists can no longer fall back on cultural constructions of the news as a medium of objective and disinterested truths, but must come to terms with the way that their own truthclaims are shaped by the interplay of numerous private investments and negotiations. It enabled them to work strategically and constructively with a range of differently interested actors without being co-opted by these actors’ agendas, and to __remain oriented to their newsmaking ideals in a milieu that hardly seemed to appreciate their efforts__—thus offering an example of what a post-truth news practice may demand.
The Currency of Truth
Emily H. C. Chua
My lack of disgust felt like cheating. The Chinese pidan, for example—a clay-preserved egg with a swampy blue-green hue—has been one of my comfort foods since childhood. The thought of stinky tofu makes me salivate. Durian was more complicated. I don’t like its smell, which some describe as a mix of turpentine and onions, but I’ve eaten enough durian-flavored desserts to reflexively separate the fruit’s odor from its taste, which is simultaneously creamy, sweet, and savory—like chives, garlic, and caramel, blended into a butter.
The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting”
newyorker.com
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