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The whole Truth

Truth's page 3 girls have an enduring legacy in the public mind, but a new book takes a different kind of intimate look at a weekly newspaper that ruled for 60 years.

By Joanne Black In Commentary

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20th November, 2010
In July last year when Wellington historian Redmer Yska arrived at Auckland Airport for a prearranged rendezvous with ex-Territorial Army officer Paul Freeman, he was frustrated but not entirely surprised that Freeman didn't show. Instead, Yska, who was researching the history of Truth newspaper, considered himself lucky to have had one previous meeting with Freeman who, 35 years ago, played a critical role in a front-page story that, even by Truth's standards, was sensational. In a big banner headline (Truth was never afraid of those large fonts that more conservative ...

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