Well, since I'm married to a journalist with over 20 years of experience in TV News and now more than 5 years experience in print journalism, I've come to understand that news reporting is not about manipulation so much as ability and know there are some inept folks telling us the news story of our lives...yes, journalists are unreliable narrators, but I think the point Mr. Booth makes so well is that unreliablity is not necessarily about being far from the truth...after all, holden is a self-confessed liar and yet he speaks more truly than almost anyone I know (excpet me of course;)will On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, PODESTA,Lesley wrote: > Will Hochman made reference to : > > Wayne C. Booth in his book, The Rehtoric of Fiction, uses holden to > > illustrate his concept of unreliable narration. > > > Well, thank you Will. I love this concept of "unreliable narration." > Perhaps JDS was foreshadowing the nineties concept of "news reporting" > when he wrote CITR. Where oh where is there such a thing as "reliable > narration"? > > "Unreliable narration". I love it. Gave me a real lift to the day. > > Lesley > > > >