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Kennedy took responsibility?
Leslie Gelb, a former columnist for the New York Times and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, says President Obama’s recent Asia trip was so thin on accomplishment that it r… more →
Media Myth Alert
Kennedy took responsibility?
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 21 hours ago: Leslie Gelb, a former columnist for the New York Times and president emeritus of the Council on Fore … more →
Debunking the debunking
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 1 week ago: There’s undenial appeal in busting myths. As I write in Getting It Wrong, my forthcoming book … more →
Hat tip to the Observer
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: A tip of the chapeau to the American University journalism graduate students and their fine online m … more →
Akin to the Lynch case?
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: The New York Times says that initial reports of an Army sergeant’s heroism in the Fort Hood sh … more →
A 'Cronkite Moment' sighting
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: A commentary posted recently at the American Thinker online site invokes the hardy myth of the … more →
'Furnish the war' lives on, and on
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: The media-driven myth of William Randolph Hearst’s purported vow to “furnish the war … more →
Media myths: More FAQs
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: The author’s promotional questionnaire for my forthcoming book on media-driven myths, Getting It Wro … more →
How to Pronounce Our Company's Name
slrevare wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m sure there’s a pundit out there who says, “If your name is unpronounceable wit … more →
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
slrevare wrote 3 weeks ago: The other night I spoke with someone very active in social media.Here’s how one exchange went … more →
Irony
slrevare wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m using a program called DropBox, where you can sync a folder across multiple computers or s … more →
Media myths: FAQs
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 3 weeks ago: I completed the author’s promotional questionnaire for Getting It Wrong today. It took several … more →
A clever show it was
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 4 weeks ago: The War of the Worlds dramatization holds appeal to this day. A monument in Grovers Mill, N.J., com … more →
War of the Worlds
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 4 weeks ago: Front page of the Chicago Herald Examiner on Halloween, 1938 The famous radio dramatization of The W … more →
Greetings
W. Joseph Campbell wrote 4 weeks ago: Welcome to Media Myth Alert. This blog, begun on Halloween in 2009, seeks to direct attention to the … more →
Droid Website Fail
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slrevare wrote 1 month ago: I just became a fan of Verizon on fb. From there I linked to the website for the new Droid phone tha … more →
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn: Scientific American
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jim wrote 1 month ago: People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tes … more →
Getting it Wrong
paintersprogress wrote 1 month ago: My painting is bad enough to warrant constant practice. —Fairfield Porter You have to get it … more →
Bad Banner Museum
slrevare wrote 3 months ago: Would someone tell me what these banners mean? I refuse to click on them. I just want to guess what … more →
The Age of Interruption is Dead, Part Deux
slrevare wrote 3 months ago: As I mentioned in an earlier post, today’s consumers dislike interruption. I posit that two qu … more →
