Author:
Campbell, W. Joseph.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Descriptionxiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
