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....
319 pages
English language
Published Jan. 9, 2013 by Random House.
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 journalist, 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 ...
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.