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 joulnalist, 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 ...