Did I miss anything with the following quote about court reporters in a courtroom trial?

YA it’s from many years old, they started using steno machine in the 1880’s a mechanical short hand. Also quoting from a novel is problematic.

@Tropical_Willie: I rarely read non-fiction from cover to cover. They’re tedious, and I rarely catch the point in there.

Novels are made up = = = = > there is the problem.

Make believe not quotable as true, Stars Wars . . . . . . comes to mind.

Not all novels are made up. Many of them are simply reporting facts but in an interesting way. “Sacajawea” and “Seabiscuit” come to mind.

Very little is known about Sacajawea and the book by Anna Lee Waldo is historical fiction novel.

Based on the well documented discoveries of Lewis and Clark’s journey.

But a novel !

Any conversations in the book are fiction.

Try reading books on Serial Killers now that’s as real as you can get