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The Truth
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Owen Thomson & Mark Day
Founded	1902
Ceased publication	1995
Headquarters	Melbourne, Australia
Circulation	400,000 (peak)

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The Truth was a Melbourne tabloid newspaper established in 1902 as a subsidiary of Sydney's The Truth, established in 1890.^[1] It was "a sensational weekly paper with a large circulation, delighting while shocking its readers with its frequent exposure of personal scandal and social injustice. Detailed police and court reports, illustrated by drawings and photographs of prosecutors and defendants."^[2]

History

In its early years The Truth was left-leaning, and painted itself as the voice of the working class. Before 1945 it had a style of journalism that was high pitched, sensational and melodramatic. The newspaper from its earliest days was based on scandal, particularly based on the records of the divorce courts, which were not subject to restrictions on reporting.

The Truth broke stories involving Agent Orange and Vietnam veterans, as well as the whole story of what happened at Maralinga with the A-bomb tests.^[3] In 1967, Richard L'Estrange broke the scandal surrounding the Melbourne-Voyager collision. Other of the important stories it broke included the abortion protection racket of the 1960s.

In December 1958, Ezra Norton and the other shareholders of its holding company, Truth and Sportsman Ltd, sold their shares to the Fairfax group, which sold it on to Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd.^[4] The late Owen Thomson (believed to be the inspiration of Barry Humphries's Sir Les Patterson character) and Mark Day were the final owners of the paper before it folded. It is said that Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (Rupert's mother) took a dim view of the scandalsheet, which was later passed on to Thomson and Day.

In its final years, the newspaper was noted for its eclectic coverage, which combined photos of women with big bare breasts on page 3 (recycled from the The Sun (United Kingdom) newspaper^[3]), and tongue-in-cheek humour with hard-edged reporting, as well as the iconic racing liftout form guide, Truform. It was last published in 1995.

Famous headline

One of its most famous headlines was written to announce the death of Sir Billy Snedden, who was rumoured to have died of a heart attack while having sexual intercourse with a woman: "Snedden Died On The Job".

Circulation

At its peak, the Truth "sold 400,000 copies" per week.^[3]

Notable journalists and columnists

At one time or other, many of Australia's respected journalists worked on the paper.

Richard L'Estrange
John Norton
Adrian Tame
Owen Thompson
Evan Whitton

References

^ Cannon, Michael. "Norton, John (1858 - 1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
^ Stuart, Lurline (July 2008). "Truth Newspaper". eMelbourne : The City Past & Present. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Negus, George (19 July 2004). "Adrian Tame - former editor, Truth". ABC2 GNT History. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ Lawson, Valerie. "Norton, Ezra (1897 - 1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

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[adb-1] Cannon, Michael. "Norton, John (1858 - 1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-05-13.

[0-2] Stuart, Lurline (July 2008). "Truth Newspaper". eMelbourne : The City Past & Present. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[Negus-3] Negus, George (19 July 2004). "Adrian Tame - former editor, Truth". ABC2 GNT History. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[4] Lawson, Valerie. "Norton, Ezra (1897 - 1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

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