San Antonio College Library

Newspapers have been a central force in American mass media, and the 20th century witnessed newspapers take on an enormous importance in the dissemination of information and opinions throughout society. From the original small-town newspapers and daily tabloids to the growth of "national" newspapers and the alternative press, the nation's newspapers have been reflected and shaped changes in American society. Aurora Wallace examines the significant...

Did the Washington Post bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? Did William Randolph Hearst vow to "finish the war" in the 1898 conflict with Spain? In Getting It Wrong, W. Joseph Campbell addresses and dismantles such prominent media-driven myths--stories about or by the news media that are widely believed but which, on close examination, prove apocryphal....