Excerpts and Articles

Here are selected excerpts from Media Mythmakers, along with a few other articles I have written about related topics. For brevity's sake, I have omitted the endnote references.

Excerpts

• From the Introduction
  
• Journalism and Objectivity
  
• "Stand Here and Cry, Stand There and Smile": How the News Media Exploit Children
  
• Gay Pretzels, Oxymorons, and Just Plain Morons: Adventures in the Jungle of Meaningless Ad Slogans
  
• Revealing a Literary Hoax: The Strange Case of Anthony Godby Johnson
  
• Infocomerciotainment
  
• How Advertisers Profit from Fear
  
• The Myth of the "AOL Global Watercooler"
  
• Blaming Entertainment

Articles

• Urban Legend Makes International News
  
• Myths about the September 11, 2001 attacks and aftermath
  
• Myths Surface in Border Slayings Case

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