National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.
I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.
The huge, turgid work of history, sinking under the weight of its own 'politically correct' thesis and its foot- and source notes, is not the British way of writing history, and never has been.
Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
No political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased.
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.
Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
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