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University of California Press
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English
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290

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Press and politics, Objectivity, Journalism, Sensationalism in journalism, Journalistic ethics, History, Journalistic ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Sensationalism in journalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
071/.30904
Library of Congress
PN4756 .C36 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
290

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OL24489217M
Internet Archive
gettingitwrongte00unse
ISBN 13
9780520255661, 9780520262096
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2009047705

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