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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 'furnish the war' in the 1898 conflict with Spain? In "Getting It Wrong", W. Joseph Campbell addresses and dismantles these and other 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.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. "I'll Furnish the War": The Making of a Media Myth Chapter Two. Fright beyond Measure? The Myth of The War of the Worlds Chapter Three. Murrow vs. McCarthy: Timing Makes the Myth Chapter Four. The Bay of Pigs--New York Times Suppression Myth Chapter Five. Debunking the "Cronkite Moment" Chapter Six. The Nuanced Myth: Bra Burning at Atlantic City Chapter Seven. It's All about the Media: Watergate's Heroic-Journalist Myth Chapter Eight. The "Fantasy Panic": The News Media and the Crack-Baby Myth Chapter Nine. "She Was Fighting to the Death": Mythmaking in Iraq Chapter Ten. Hurricane Katrina and the Myth of Superlative Reporting Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

About the Author :
W. Joseph Campbell is Professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of four other books, including Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies and The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms.

Review :
"Persuasive and entertaining." -- Edward Kosner Wall Street Journal "Toting big guns and an itchy trigger-finger, Campbell flattens established myths that you were brought up to believe were true." Slate Magazine "It may be the best book about journalism in recent memory; it is certainly the most subversive." -- Andrew Ferguson Commentary Magazine "Campbell's Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism is essential reading not just for journalists but all consumers of the news." -- Nick Gillespie Reason "Exquisitely researched and lively." Denver Post "The value of these studies is ... in the detailed and illuminating research Campbell has applied to each." -- James Roylan Columbia Journalism Review "Written by a scholar who makes intricate facts clear, employing English, not Scholarspeak, Getting it Wrong is an eye-opener." -- Marie Shear Diablo "This well-written and well-researched book will be of interest to historians, journalism scholars, and sociologists." -- Judy Solberg, Seattle Univ. Lib. Library Journal "On the wall at the fabled Chicago News Bureau there hung a banner proclaiming, 'IF YOUR MOTHER SAYS SHE LOVES YOU, CHECK IT OUT.' Campbell has taken that ukase to heart. He's carved out a niche as the guy who tracks down things everyone knows to be true and proves that everyone's wrong. He is a dedicated debunker. He's also the author of Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism, a heavily documented-and persuasive-book." -- Jack Limpert About Editing and Writing "A useful book ... which among other things answers the question about the importance of debunking media-driven myths." The Morning News/Identity Theory "A solid resource for those interested in journalism." -- R. A. Logan Choice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780520255661
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Sub Title: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0520255666
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 463 gr


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