Text 1: Critic Park argues that the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s — exemplified by Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and Hunter S. Thompson — transformed nonfiction by importing the techniques of fiction. Scenes were built, dialogue staged, characters developed; the form rejected dry summary in favor of literary immersion.
Text 2: Critic Singh accepts the New Journalism's literary transformations but argues that its loose treatment of facts has been imitated less responsibly than its style. Where Didion or Wolfe checked their reconstructions against sources, later imitators often blended fiction and reportage in ways that betrayed readers' trust. The form's gifts and its hazards, Singh contends, both deserve attention.
Both authors would most likely agree that
- A
fact-checking is impossible in journalism.
- B
New Journalism had no impact on nonfiction writing.
- C
Didion and Wolfe never used scene-based techniques.
- Dcheck_circle
New Journalism brought literary techniques into nonfiction.
Explanation
Both accept New Journalism's literary techniques; they differ on consequences for the genre's later practice. A is shared. B, C, and D contradict at least one author.