If you get to 10 lies in 10 pages, or the first lie at word 64, that autobiographical fiction should not be treated as memoir.
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@emptywheel I don't consider memoirs to be journalism. It's someone's personal version of the story. -
@evanperez Or, often as not, selectively timed propaganda that the authors clearly know to be false. -
@emptywheel always nice when you can get it timed to interview w a reliable scribe/personality. Purpose is to sell books -
@evanperez Purpose of John Rizzo's lie-ridden memoir was to sell books? It was to tell a false story. That journos helped by not debunking. - 1 more reply
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