{"product_id":"getting-it-wrong-9780520291294","title":"Getting It Wrong","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of American journalism's best-known and most cherished stories are exaggerated, dubious, or apocryphal. They are media-driven myths. The author confronts and dismantles prominent media-driven myths, describing how they can feed stereotypes, distort understanding about the news media, and deflect blame from policymakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Preface to the Second Edition  Acknowledgments  Introduction   1. \"I'll Furnish the War\": The Making of a Media Myth  2. Fright beyond Measure? The Myth of The War of the Worlds  3. Murrow vs. McCarthy: Timing Makes the Myth  4. TV Viewers, Radio Listeners, and the Myth of the First Kennedy-Nixon Debate  5. The Bay of Pigs-New York Times Suppression Myth  6. Debunking the \"Cronkite Moment\"  7. The Nuanced Myth: Bra Burning at Atlantic City  8. Picture Power? Confronting the Myths of the Napalm Girl Photograph  9. It's All about the Media: Watergate's Heroic-Journalist Myth  10. The \"Fantasy Panic\": The News Media and the \"Crack-Baby\" Myth  11. \"She Was Fighting to the Death\": Mythmaking in Iraq  12. Hurricane Katrina and the Myth of Superlative Reporting  13. Counterfeit Quotations: Swelling with a Digital Tide   Conclusion  Notes  Select Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037199237463,"sku":"9780520291294","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520291294.jpg?v=1750934766","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/getting-it-wrong-9780520291294","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}