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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 "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…
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6 editions- Other · English · 2016University of California Press · 368 pages · 9780520291294
- Other · English · 2016University of California Press · 368 pages · 9780520291270
- Other · English · 2016University of California Press · 368 pages · 9780520965119
- Other · English · 2010University of California Press · 288 pages · 9780520945609
- Other · English · 2010University of California Press · 269 pages · 9781282772786
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