diff --git a/src/news_gui.cpp b/src/news_gui.cpp
--- a/src/news_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static void DrawNewsString(int x, int y,
 
 	*dest = '\0';
 	/* Truncate and show string; postfixed by '...' if neccessary */
-	DoDrawStringTruncated(buffer2, x, y, colour, maxw);
+	DrawString(x, x + maxw, y, buffer2, colour);
 }