The Awful Truth

My Adventures with Australia's Most Notorious Tabloid

The Awful Truth
Adrian Tame
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h234 x 153mm - 320pg
5 Aug 2020 AU
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9781760850494
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Before Fake News, there was the real Fake News. There was Truth. Hailed as ' a fearless exposer of folly, vice and crime' when it first hit the streets in the 1890s, Truth was later condemned by a High Court Judge as ' a wretched little paper, reeking of filth, injurious to the health of house servants and young girls' . Much later it earned the nickname ' The Old Whore of La Trobe Street' . Truth was called many things but it was never boring. Adrian Tame knows that better than anyone as he worked for Truth for more than a decade as a reporter and news editor. In the years it was owned by the Murdoch family he worked alongside young Rupert as he cut his teeth on the shock horror scandals that graced the pages of Truth when it was selling a whopping 400,000 copies a week. Funny, often outrageous and always thoroughly entertaining, The Awful Truth is a rollercoaster ride through an colourful era of newspapers and larger-than-life reporters that we will never see the like of again.
Adrian Tame has worked as a writer, journalist and broadcaster in Australia, the UK, North America and Mexico. He worked for Truth newspaper for thirteen years as a reporter and news editor. He is the author of The Matriarch, a biography of ' Granny Evil' Kathy Pettingill, Deadlier than the Male and co-author with F. P. J. Robotham, of Maralinga: British A-bomb, Australian Legacy. He lives in Maldon, Victoria.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760850494
Published: 5 Aug 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Australia
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 320

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