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- catalog abstract ""On June 7, 1998, CNN broadcast Valley of Death, the story of a 1970 raid into Laos by U.S. Special Forces. According to the report, Operation Tailwind used sarin nerve gas to kill U.S. soldiers who had defected to the North Vietnamese. After a firestorm of controversy, CNN retracted the report, ruining the career of rising star April Oliver and compromising the network's credibility. Called "the TV news story of the year" by TV Guide, CNN's Operator Tailwind fiasco was the biggest news scandal of the 1990s." "Hearing about the story after its broadcast, Jerry Lembcke was struck by its resemblance to war legends and myths. His search for the origins of the tale and an explanation for why top-level journalists would believe it led him into the shocking world of political paranoia, where conspiracy theory, popular culture, religious fundamentalism, and the fantasies of war veterans cross paths. Approaching the story as a case study in why people believe what they do, Lembcke reversed the normal inquiry into how journalists shape what the rest of us know, to ask questions about the social forces that shape what journalists know." "With a likeness to Herbert Gans's 1980 classic, Deciding What's News, Jerry Lembcke's CNN's Tailwind Tale is a study of American journalism that opens a window on America itself."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12943250.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""On June 7, 1998, CNN broadcast Valley of Death, the story of a 1970 raid into Laos by U.S. Special Forces. According to the report, Operation Tailwind used sarin nerve gas to kill U.S. soldiers who had defected to the North Vietnamese. After a firestorm of controversy, CNN retracted the report, ruining the career of rising star April Oliver and compromising the network's credibility. Called "the TV news story of the year" by TV Guide, CNN's Operator Tailwind fiasco was the biggest news scandal of the 1990s." "Hearing about the story after its broadcast, Jerry Lembcke was struck by its resemblance to war legends and myths. His search for the origins of the tale and an explanation for why top-level journalists would believe it led him into the shocking world of political paranoia, where conspiracy theory, popular culture, religious fundamentalism, and the fantasies of war veterans cross paths. Approaching the story as a case study in why people believe what they do, Lembcke reversed the normal inquiry into how journalists shape what the rest of us know, to ask questions about the social forces that shape what journalists know." "With a likeness to Herbert Gans's 1980 classic, Deciding What's News, Jerry Lembcke's CNN's Tailwind Tale is a study of American journalism that opens a window on America itself."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Valley of death: from blockbuster to just busted -- 2. Tailwind (Take 1): courage and covert operations -- 3. Tailwind (Take 2): a government betrays Its people -- 4. Lies and legends: men and remembered mettle -- 5. Two parts apocalypse now and a pinch of sarin: popular culture's recipe for valley of death -- 6. Beyond reason: revelation in the valley of death -- 7. Consider the source(s): Thomas Moorer and John Singlaub -- 8. What was she thinking? April Oliver's willing suspension of disbelief -- 9. The CNN-tailwind affair: journalism in a fearful America.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208), filmography (p. 171-172) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 217 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "CNN's Tailwind tale.".
- catalog identifier "0742523284 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "CNN's Tailwind tale.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Rowan & Littlefield,".
- catalog relation "CNN's Tailwind tale.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "959.704/34 21".
- catalog subject "Cable News Network.".
- catalog subject "DS557.8.O66 L46 2003".
- catalog subject "Operation Tailwind, 1970.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Chemical warfare United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Valley of death: from blockbuster to just busted -- 2. Tailwind (Take 1): courage and covert operations -- 3. Tailwind (Take 2): a government betrays Its people -- 4. Lies and legends: men and remembered mettle -- 5. Two parts apocalypse now and a pinch of sarin: popular culture's recipe for valley of death -- 6. Beyond reason: revelation in the valley of death -- 7. Consider the source(s): Thomas Moorer and John Singlaub -- 8. What was she thinking? April Oliver's willing suspension of disbelief -- 9. The CNN-tailwind affair: journalism in a fearful America.".
- catalog title "CNN's Tailwind tale : inside Vietnam's last great myth / Jerry Lembcke.".
- catalog type "text".