ABSTRACT
The notion of truth – once essential to any understanding of journalism and democracy – appears to have fallen off the agenda of communication scholars. Depending on one’s position in the field, truth as a theoretical concept has become obsolete, impertinent, banned, self-evident or too explosive to handle. When used, it is commonly put in quotation marks, to indicate irony or the author’s recognition of its unattainability. This has resulted, among other things, in a widening chasm between scholars and journalists, who continue to hold truth and facts as “god-terms” despite the widespread currency of constructivist approaches.1
