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Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by greshario on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:08PM (#27083018)
Well, my reaction to this one is suspicion that it sounds a little too perfect and either the farmer is idealizing his life or the journalist has taken editorial liberties.. so, maybe?
Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by nkozyra on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:18PM (#27083084)
I don't know that a journalist was involved in this. An editor may have been but this just appears to be a letter-to-the-editor or commentary submission
Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by greshario on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:24PM (#27083133)
It's written by this woman, who calls herself a "pop philosopher". Her name is at the bottom of the article:

https://storyterrace.com/kiran-sidhu/

Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by nkozyra on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:09AM (#27085285)
"As told to" typically means she simply compiled what he told her. The byline is his.
Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by BuyMyBitcoins on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:12PM (#27083039)
Journalists love to craft articles around some narrative theme.

Edit: I’m talking about consistency within the article and a “focus on the subject” stance. If the author wants to present the farmers happiness, that’s what they’re going to frame the whole piece on.

Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by ricktdotorg on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:22PM (#27083119)
mini quote from a good article about the Guardian's Experience column works:

> [Our writers] tend to interview the subject and then work with them to tell their story in their own words.

via https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2021/feb/15/experienc...

Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by greshario on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:25PM (#27083141)
> work with them to tell their story

Hmmm... Suspicioun that this is heavily editorialized intensifies.

Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by fencepost on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:47PM (#27083637)
suspicion of editorializing

Not editorialized, but likely transcribed from one or more interviews and the interviewee and interviewer edit lightly.

There are people who couldn't write something like that given weeks but get them to start talking and they do a marvelous job. Drawing that out of people is one of the things that marks good interviewers.

Re:I’ve had the same supper for 10 years by greshario on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:57PM (#27083695)
I do mean editorialized:

> To present an opinion in the guise of an objective report.

As in, I'm suspicious that the words the farmer spoke were heavily edited by the journalist before being published to better fit the narrative.