Slog - Comments on Lies and the Lying Liars, Etc. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc I'm about to head out to Norwescon to start my liveblogging, but this seems to be popping up everywhere this morning: Did Malcolm Gladwell lie in the media about lying in the media? I think this is kind of a tempest in a teacup, frankly. There's a difference between telling a tall tale or embellishing a story and, say, creating a fictional character to write a memoir passed-off as true. If we start holding all writers to everything they say, all we're going to be left with Dean Koontz. There are plenty of frameworks, of course, where lying is not... Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:24:21 -0800 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:01:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by David E. Hahaha...oh, man. Dean Koontz needs to be the butt of more jokes. I had a hard time not laughing one time when, working at a particular bookstore (ahem), a woman came up to me and asked where the Dean Koontz books were and emphasized that she really liked his writing style. It seemed to be a selling point for her.

]]> David E. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975939 Books Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:44:42 -0800 Comment by mint chocolate chip I guess we're all supposed to think that's a really funny story, David. Aren't you clever?

]]> mint chocolate chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975949 Books Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:56:06 -0800 Comment by David E. Clever? (Thinks to self, laughs hysterically.) No, not clever. I see nothing clever about that story.

]]> David E. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c975977 Books Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:27:29 -0800 Comment by I Got Nuthin' Gladwell addressed this pro-actively on his blog at Gladwell.com. BTW, he has a link to the audio and it's hilarious. Absolutely worth a listen.

]]> I Got Nuthin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c976249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/lies_and_the_lying_liars_etc#c976249 Books Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:01:39 -0800