• @aleph@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Could you share any specific examples? I haven’t seen or read any instances of him being that off the mark.

      • @blurg@lemmy.world
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        52 months ago

        Digging a little – an article (from 2009) about an interview (2005) that paraphrases the interviewee is a little suspect. Chomsky’s take on the interview, in his words: “Even when the words attributed to me have some resemblance to accuracy, I take no responsibility for them, because of the invented contexts in which they appear.”

        I dunno, that example is at least 3 steps removed (interviewer, editor, article writer) from a source that already speaks plenty clearly and doesn’t need much more than to be read honestly.