Harvard Business Review LogoBusiness and societyWhy the News Is Not the Truth by Peter VanderwickenFrom the Magazine (May–June 1995)PostPostShareSaveBuy CopiesPrintLeer en españolLer em portuguêsPostPostShareSaveBuy CopiesPrintNews and the Culture of Lying: How Journalism Really Works, Paul H. Weaver (The Free Press, 1994).A version of this article appeared in the May–June 1995 issue of Harvard Business Review.PostPostShareSaveBuy CopiesPrintRead more on Business and society or related topics Government, Politics, Public relations, Power and influence, Media, entertainment, and professional sports and Telecom Recommended For You Labor Content Moderation Is Terrible by Design Business Failures How a Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes Corporate Social Responsibility How Labor Standards Can Be Good for Growth Podcast How to Get Out of the Hybrid Work Rut