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Module C: Telling the Truth Those who control the spread of information control the truth. Composers have ultimate control over the “truth” in their texts. Composers of texts have the ultimate control over the “truth” in their text - through the use of techniques to shape meaning, they can construct the reader’s opinion. Geoffrey Robertson in The Justice Game crafts many textual elements in his book about the legal system, the cases and about …

…such as language, the use of metaphor - “justice as a game” - but most importantly, leaves silences in his text that are exposed by other texts - even texts he has written. Robertson controls the spread of information in The Justice Game and it is obvious that he (and other composers) when constructing their version of the truth, do not often tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (So help him, God).