Didactylos reviewed The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, part 25)
A more serious Discworld
IN particular some of the characters have somewhat altered in their behaviours and outlook....
English language
Published July 6, 2003 by Tandem Library.
Truth
5 stars
(3 reviews)
The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork Times, struggling scribe William de Worde's upper-crust, newsletter turned Discworld's first paper of record.An ethical joulnalist, de Worde has a proclivity for investigating stories -- a nasty habit that soon creates powerful enemies eager to stop his presses. And what better way than to start the Inquirer, a titillating (well, what else would it be?) tabloid that conveniently interchanges what's real for what sells.But de Worde's got an inside line on the hot story concerning Ankh-Morpork's leading patrician Lord Vetinari. The facts say Vetinari is guilty. But as William de Worde learns, facts don't always tell the whole story. There's that pesky little thing called the truth ...
Andrés reviewed La verdad by Terry Pratchett
Demoledoramente actual
5 stars
Una magnífica obra que habla sobre el periodismo, sobre qué es (o debería) ser el periodismo de verdad, como cuarto poder fiscalizador, sobre las fake news y sobre los poderosos en la sombra.
Todo esto con la sátira, gracia y saber hacer de Pratchett.
slayra reviewed The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (25))
Review of "Terry Pratchett's The truth" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Not exactly sure of how it happened, William is now a newspaper writer and editor after experiencing first hand the first mechanical press. And since everything that is new evokes suspicion and excitement, William is suddenly a rising star for some people (specially people enjoying funny vegetables) and a moving target for others. The latter makes him a person of interest for the Watch.
This book seems to have been written for our current world filled with "fake news" and where science/facts can be believed or not as if they were a religion. Pratchett's writing is atemporal and the last 20 years did not make it lose its freshness at all. This book addresses facts, and how we see the truth as part of the public interest but how often it is not what the public is interested in. Lord Vetinari is always great at pointing the hard truths...