# Anecdotes, metaphors and the negotiated truth

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-08-11-anecdotes-metaphors-and-the-negotiated-truth

The piece argues that journalistic anecdotes acquire truth through negotiated interpretation and that verification checklists cannot remove this dependence.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 11 August 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 11 August 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: narrative, metaphor, journalism, truth.

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