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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

The TED Interview

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Is There a Hunger for Authenticity in Our Media?

CNN's John Sutter talks to author Daniel Borston about fake events on TV. He says the viewer can sense fakery or that artificiality, which leads to a hunger for authenticity. The media tries satisfy that craving through ever greater feats of mediation, but in fact are not, he writes.

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