TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kitty,Alexandra
TI  - Don't believe it!: how lies become news 
SN  - 1932857060 (alk. paper)
AV  - PN 4888 K62d 2005
U1  - 302.23 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York, St. Paul, MN
PB  - Disinformation, Distributed in the USA and Canada by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Objectivity
KW  - United States
KW  - Impostors and imposture
KW  - Objetividad periodística
KW  - Periodismo
KW  - Objetividad
KW  - Medios de comunicación de masas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415); 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
N2  - "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."
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/2004114768-d.html
ER  -