by W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting It Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism One of the most cherished stories in American journalism is also a tenacious media-driven myth — …
Read More >by W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting It Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism The mainstream media’s recent angst and hand-wringing about a surge of “fake news” has tended to …
Read More >The author of Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism, W. Joseph Campbell, has rounded up 2012’s most prominent media-driven myths and errors. Visit Campbell’s blog, Media Myth Alert, for the year’s …
Read More >In his latest blog post, W. Joseph Campbell undertakes the Sisyphean task of discrediting yet another media myth: the notion that the Washington Post was vital to the outcome of Watergate. This widely …
Read More >W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting It Wrong, responds to a review by Dr. Jeannette McVicker in his latest blog post. JHistory, the listserv devoted to issues in journalism history, posted an …
Read More >Halloween conjures up memories of one of the spookiest events in broadcast history: Orson Welles’ radio dramatization of the War of the Worlds, which aired on Halloween eve in 1938. “No single …
Read More >In his latest blog post, W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting It Wrong, discusses a media myth “too well-known, too entrenched in the American consciousness, ever to fall into disuse.” How could …
Read More >As pointed out by W. Joseph Campbell, author of Getting it Wrong, today is the 42nd Anniversary of the women’s liberation protest September 7, 1968, on the Atlantic City boardwalk where the …
Read More >The author of Getting it Wrong, W. Joseph Campbell, has written a great post on his own blog, Media Myth Alert, on the media’s coverage of the Katrina disaster and subsequent recovery.
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