Kitty, Alexandra. <br/><br/>
Don't believe it! :  how lies become news / 
 Do not believe it! 
Alexandra Kitty. 
 - New York :  St. Paul, MN :  Disinformation ;  Distributed in the USA and Canada by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution,  c2005. 
 - 415 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415). 
<br/><br/>P. 1. Introduction to evaluating the news --   Introduction --  Definitions --   How news is created --   Media realities -- Breakdowns --  p. 2. Rumors and misinformation --  Rumors and common knowledge -- The competitor's myth --   The winner --  Fear, stereotypes and myths --  . War propaganda --   The mistake --  p. 3. Hoaxes --   Reporter as victim --  Reporter as hero --   Reporter as villain --   Academic and scientific hoaxes in the news --  p. 4. How to spot rumors and hoaxes --   Sources and investigation --   Logic versus emotion --   Deconstructing news stories --   Misdirection --  Eyewitness testimony and testimonials --   Forensic and other evidence --   Getting all sides --  Being a savvy news consumer --  p. 5. Manual of rumors and hoaxes. 
<br/><br/> "In Don't Believe it!, accomplished journalist and academic Alexandra Kitty takes you on a guided tour of one hundred years of media hoaxes, propaganda and misinformation and shows you how to take apart a news story from the inside out to find the falsehoods lurking within." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1932857060 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004114768 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Journalism--Objectivity--United States.<br/>Impostors and imposture.<br/>Objetividad periodística.<br/>Periodismo--Objetividad.<br/>Medios de comunicación de masas.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN 4888  / K62d 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23