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Why do tabloids lie?
• To sell more copies• For entertainment• To tell a story• Because truth is not important
Suetonius Lies Too...
• “He did not want people to think that Agrippa was his Grandad, because Agrippa was poor. He grew very angry if anyone wrote or sang that Agrippa was his ancestor.”
• Suetonius, Caligula: 23.
Good Emperors and Bad Emperors
Augustus = Good
Tiberius = Bad
Caligula = Bad
Claudius = Good
Nero = Bad
Why does Suetonius Lie?
• To fit his story• For entertainment• For morality• Because the “Truth” is not
important