Truth or Tabloid?

by Peter Fenton

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609809717
• ISBN13: 9780609809716
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

better than The Onion books?

I read a lot of contemporary humor. The good thing about this book is that you can laugh at the wacky headlines and then learn that many of them are based on true stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and so on, which kind of makes you go hmmm... And the explanations/answers usually run one or two paragraphs and are funny too, so you get your money's worth. Is Truth Or Tabloid? better than an Onion book? I say yes, if for no other reason than this book was written by one guy and the Onion stuff takes 20 or 30 people to put together (just look at the inside title page). This is humor for the media-obsessed!

i won many beers with this book

This is a good book to take to parties or your local watering hole. The challenge is to guess which bizarre tabloid headlines are based on true stories from mainstream publications and which are based on the writer's fantasies. I played for beers at one bar and didn't have to pay for a Bud all night. Almost. Of course, if you don't imbibe spirits you can play for Diet Sprite or Ultra Slim Fast. Some of my favorite headlines are: "Roger Ebert Wills Smithsonian His Thumbs" "Laughter Is A Laxative" "Irate Dad Chains Belly-Dancing Son To Bed" "Homeless Applaud Politically Correct Garbage Cans"I guess it would be considered a spoiler if I said which of those were truth and which were tabloid.Buy this book and drink free!