Massimo Introvigne on Sensationalism

“When scholars abandon rigor for rhetoric, they do more than misinform—they become complicit in injustice.”

“We must remember how easily fear can masquerade as scholarship, and how quickly ideology can distort inquiry. We must distinguish between critique and condemnation, between analysis and accusation. … When we abandon rigor for rhetoric, we do more than misinform—we may become complicit in injustice.”