Local Author Talks Media Myths

Journalists brought down Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Jessica Lynch was fighting to the death during the Iraq war. A social catastrophe known as "crack babies" was the result of the crack epidemic of the 80s and 90s. These and other media-driven myths are topics debunked in W. Joseph Campbell's fifth book, "Getting it Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism."

and media myths at at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.

Because the topics in his book have been told repeatedly, people find comfort in them and believe them to be true—which keeps the myths alive. Campbell hopes to set the record straight with "Getting it Wrong," because as , "the fundamental objective of news gathering is to tell an accurate story."

Learn the truth behind the myths at Kensington Row Bookshop and stick around to buy a copy of "Getting it Wrong" and have Campbell sign it.