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Getting it wrong : ten of the greatest misreported stories in American journalism / W. Joseph Campbell.

Title
Getting it wrong : ten of the greatest misreported stories in American journalism / W. Joseph Campbell.
Author
Campbell, W. Joseph
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

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xiii, 269 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? Did William Randolph Hearst vow to "finish the war" in the 1898 conflict with Spain? In Getting It Wrong, W. Joseph Campbell addresses and dismantles such prominent media-driven myths--stories about or by the news media that are widely believed but which, on close examination, prove apocryphal. In a fascinating exploration of these and other cases--including the supposedly outstanding coverage of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina--Campbell describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media. --Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Journalistic ethics > United States > History > 20th century
  • Journalism > History > United States > 20th century
  • Press and politics > United States > History > 20th century
  • Sensationalism in journalism > United States > History > 20th century
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"I'll furnish the war": the making of a media myth -- Fright beyond measure? the myth of The war of the worlds -- Murrow vs. McCarthy: timing makes the myth -- The Bay of Pigs-New York Times suppression myth -- Debunking the "Cronkite moment" -- The nuanced myth: bra burning at Atlantic City -- It's all about the media: Watergate's heroic-journalist myth -- The "fantasy panic": the news media and the crack-baby myth -- "She was fighting to the death": mythmaking in Iraq -- Hurricane Katrina and the myth of superlative reporting -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780520255661 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520255666 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520262096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520262093 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009047705
OCLC
449860525
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library