- Approval of God: Dan Rather praised the movie, which he thought did a good job of capturing TV news, and also praised Robert Redford's performance of him, saying he was glad Redford didn't try to do an impersonation.
- Box Office Bomb: Budget - $9.6 million. Box office - $5.6 million.
- California Doubling: The entire movie was shot in Australia, as Cate Blanchett wanted to be close to her family.
- Dueling Movies: With Spotlight, another docudrama set in the world of journalism, and while Truth (2015) received good reviews overall, many critics compared it unfavorably to Spotlight, which they said told its story simply without becoming heavy-handed about it.
- Fake American: Canadian Bruce Greenwood as Andrew Heyward, Mary Mapes' boss, and Australian Rachael Blake as a CBS executive. Zig-zagged with Cate Blanchett as Mapes - though she was born and raised in Australia, one of her parents is American, and she has American citizenship.
- Those Two Actors: Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid also appeared together in Traffic (2000) and In Good Company.
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