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" ...a fundamental rule of journalism, which is to tell a story and stick to it. The narratives of journalism (significantly called "stories"), like those of mythology and folklore, derive their power from their firm, undeviating sympathies and antipathies. Cinderella must remain good and the stepsisters bad. "Second stepsister not so bad after all" is not a good story. "

Janet Malcolm , The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes


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Janet Malcolm quote : ...a fundamental rule of journalism, which is to tell a story and stick to it. The narratives of journalism (significantly called