Comments for Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com Calling out media-driven myths Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on ‘Getting It Wrong’ receives major shout-out in ‘New Yorker’ by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/getting-it-wrong-receives-major-shout-out-in-new-yorker/#comment-8998 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:21 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=11899#comment-8998 […] ‘Getting It Wrong’ receives major shout-out in ‘New Yorker’ […]

]]> Comment on Jon Krakauer rolls back claims about WaPo ‘source’ in Jessica Lynch case by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/jon-krakauer-rolls-back-claims-about-wapo-source-in-jessica-lynch-case/#comment-8997 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:19 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=10187#comment-8997 […] Jon Krakauer rolls back claims about WaPo ‘source’ in Jessica Lynch case […]

]]> Comment on Katrina and the myth of superlative reporting by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/katrina-and-the-myth-of-superlative-reporting/#comment-8996 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:15 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=2840#comment-8996 […] Katrina and the myth of superlative reporting […]

]]> Comment on Wasn’t so special: Revisiting the ‘Cronkite Moment,’ 44 years on by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/wasnt-so-special-revisiting-the-cronkite-moment-44-years-on/#comment-8995 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:12 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=11037#comment-8995 […] Wasn’t so special: Revisiting the ‘Cronkite Moment,’ 44 years on […]

]]> Comment on Oprah as ‘this generation’s Walter Cronkite’? by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/oprah-as-this-generations-walter-cronkite/#comment-8994 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:10 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=12836#comment-8994 […] Oprah as ‘this generation’s Walter Cronkite’? […]

]]> Comment on Chris Matthews invokes the ‘if I’ve lost Cronkite’ myth in NYT review by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/chris-matthews-invokes-if-ive-lost-cronkite-media-myth-in-nyt-review/#comment-8993 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:09 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=11957#comment-8993 […] Chris Matthews invokes the ‘if I’ve lost Cronkite’ myth in NYT review […]

]]> Comment on A ‘Cronkite Moment’ in the war on terror? There never was a ‘Cronkite Moment’ by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/a-cronkite-moment-in-the-war-on-terror-there-never-was-a-cronkite-moment/#comment-8992 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:05 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=13170#comment-8992 […] A ‘Cronkite Moment’ in the war on terror? There never was a ‘Cronkite Moment&#8217… […]

]]> Comment on PBS set to embrace ‘mass hysteria’ myth in anniversary show on ‘War of Worlds’? by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/pbs-set-to-embrace-mass-hysteria-myth-in-anniversary-show-on-war-of-worlds/#comment-8991 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:03 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=13198#comment-8991 […] PBS set to embrace ‘mass hysteria’ myth in anniversary show on ‘War of Worlds’? […]

]]> Comment on The digital age ‘equivalent of the OJ Simpson trial’? Not quite by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/the-digital-age-equivalent-of-the-oj-simpson-trial-not-quite/#comment-8990 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:01 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=8673#comment-8990 […] The rankings were prepared from a survey conducted by Nielsen and Sony Electronics, and topping that list was coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, followed by the reporting of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005 and of the O.J. Simpson not-guilty verdicts in 1995. […]

]]> Comment on Give the press ‘D-minus’ on post-Katrina coverage by Cronkite report on Vietnam was ‘most influential TV show ever’? | Media Myth Alert http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/give-the-press-d-minus-on-post-katrina-coverage/#comment-8989 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:41:59 +0000 http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/?p=2768#comment-8989 […] and topping that list was coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, followed by the reporting of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005 and of the O.J. Simpson not-guilty verdicts in […]

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