Terry Pratchett: The truth (2003, Book Club)
319 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2003 by Book Club.
Discworld's first newspaper editor just wants to get at the truth but unfortunately, like other editors before and after him, many people want him dead for a variety of reasons.
IN particular some of the characters have somewhat altered in their behaviours and outlook....
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.
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...
