Dear subscribers,
Under Louis XVI, Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) enjoyed the spectacle offered by a new type of contemporary: the news enthusiast, the news lover, who at the time was called a short story writer.
“The impatience of some short story writers often degenerates into frenzy;
they exist only to run on public walks, with the intention of learning and repeating all that is said, all that is imprinted;
and by their eagerness to believe everything, the simplest conjectures are realized in their eyes, ”
Louis-Sébastien Mercier mocked in 1786.
The short story writer readily confuses proven facts, assumptions and opinions, hence his vulnerability to “fake news”.
"I know a man who takes a singular pleasure in imagining news, for the reason that they run immediately, and that they come back to him a few days later, as being of the greatest truth, laughs the author of the Paris paintings.
How many, according to that, should we not be wary of hearsay! "
Exactly,
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 79% left to discover.
Subscribe: 1 € the first month
Can be canceled at any time
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in
