Chuck Klosterman

Yes. I will say like, you know, because sometimes, you know, younger writers will do that sometimes. But I think to myself, it's like, so would that, that would better reflect what I actually meant. If someone is reading this story, you would think that what they would want from it is to know

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

If they're reading about me or they want to know about me, if they're reading about you, they want to know about you. So they would actually, you would think, want the most accurate depiction of how that person feels. But yet we would not, we don't take that as seriously, right?

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

Like if it turned out, if you had a profile of someone and at the bottom of the story it said that the subject was given this story beforehand and allowed to fact check and make changes to quotes and stuff like that, we'd be like, oh, it's all, it means nothing. Even though that actually would be how the person wants to be understood. And that should be the goal. So it is a complicated deal.

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

It's like we trust documentaries more if the person doesn't have control and the documentary filmmaker is kind of adversarial with them. Because we don't trust the subject. But somehow we're supposed to trust the filmmaker. Why do we trust the filmmakers' perception on this? Why are they the person who can kind of be the arbiter of reality?

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?

And it's the person who we're watching should have absolutely no say in this or should be sort of forced to be themselves and then live with the result. I don't know. I mean, these are like, you know, I... Well, you know what's interesting about this?

Oh, oh, absolutely. I mean, this is kind of far afield, but like, you know, talking about media type, media type stuff or whatever, it's like, who would have thought that it would have been terrible for like newspapers, like The Times and The Washington Post to be less dependent on advertising and more based on subscribers.

Oh, oh, absolutely. I mean, this is kind of far afield, but like, you know, talking about media type, media type stuff or whatever, it's like, who would have thought that it would have been terrible for like newspapers, like The Times and The Washington Post to be less dependent on advertising and more based on subscribers.

Oh, oh, absolutely. I mean, this is kind of far afield, but like, you know, talking about media type, media type stuff or whatever, it's like, who would have thought that it would have been terrible for like newspapers, like The Times and The Washington Post to be less dependent on advertising and more based on subscribers.

Everybody would have thought in the 1990s, we would have said, what if we didn't have to worry about whether or not Ford advertises with our newspaper? What if we could just give people what they want? We thought that would be better. And now that's kind of what it is. And it's so much worse. Because now the reader is kind of seen as a customer. So we're going to give them what they want.

Everybody would have thought in the 1990s, we would have said, what if we didn't have to worry about whether or not Ford advertises with our newspaper? What if we could just give people what they want? We thought that would be better. And now that's kind of what it is. And it's so much worse. Because now the reader is kind of seen as a customer. So we're going to give them what they want.

Everybody would have thought in the 1990s, we would have said, what if we didn't have to worry about whether or not Ford advertises with our newspaper? What if we could just give people what they want? We thought that would be better. And now that's kind of what it is. And it's so much worse. Because now the reader is kind of seen as a customer. So we're going to give them what they want.

You see this with headlines all the time. It's like I will see the headline to a story and I will think to myself, it's like that can't be what the story is about. And 95% of the time, I'm right. that the headline was so much more provocative and bombastic than what the actual information is. But what do they need? They need me to sort of engage with it.