Contar la verdad

How does the editor of a newspaper deal with the struggles and pressures to publish or not publish information that affects political and economic power? Who really are and how do the emeritus King Juan Carlos and King Felipe, José María Aznar, Mariano Rajoy or Pedro Sánchez behave in short distances? Is it possible to do honest journalism in an age when what sells the most is deception? Bieito Rubido, one of the most influential journalists in our country, decided to write this book after leaving the direction of the newspaper ABC. His experiences cover the last forty years of Spanish public life in the first person and show us a truthful portrait, sometimes surprising and full of anecdotes about the protagonists of our recent history. These pages reveal the ins and outs, mysteries and intrigues of the trade and show us -like spectators on a busy morning full of news- what a newsroom is today. From the Prestige crisis until March 11 or, more recently, the beginnings of the COVID pandemic, Rubido speaks openly of the tensions that he has had to face as director of a large media outlet, without fear of clearly telling when and by whom he was sometimes pressured to publish information or not.