I've asked all sorts of people who've been in the show about unwritten rules. I always want to ask the question where did that rule come from yeah how did that rule get communicated to you and how do you like know that that's the rule? The New Yorker has a real system for what constitutes something that is fact-checked but it can be alarming for new writers, says David Bianculli.
Evan Osnos is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His new book is Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.
“I'm always trying to get inside a subculture. That's the thing that I think has been the most enduring, attractive element for me. Is there a world that has its own manners and vocabulary and internal rhythms and status structure? And who looks down on whom? And why? And who venerates whom? Who's a big deal in these worlds? And if I can get into that, it doesn't even really matter to me that much what the subculture is. I'm fascinated by trying to map that thing out.”
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