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Synopsis
A former "National Enquirer" reporter presents a guessing game challenging readers to guess whether outrageous headlines are based on true events or are a creation of his imagination.
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Have you ever been in line at the grocery store, spotted a ridiculous headline on a tabloid, and thought, “This can’t possibly be true!” But you pick up the paper anyway, just to make sure. Truth or Tabloid? takes the public’s fascination with the news and turns it into a game. Nigel Puddingporne, tabloid reporter extraordinaire, challenges readers to guess whether hilarious headlines are based on real events or whether they’re just the bogus creations of his twisted imagination.
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From the Back Cover
“I was fooled over and over by these absurd headlines. Then again, I am an idiot.”
—Michael Colton, coeditor of ModernHumorist.com
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- PublisherThree Rivers Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0609809717
- ISBN 13 9780609809716
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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