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CNN's Tailwind Tale : Inside Vietnam's Last Great Myth

by associate professor emeri Lembcke Jerry

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0742523284
ISBN-13 9780742523289
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Oct 1st, 2003
Print length 256 Pages
Weight 481 grams
Dimensions 23.60 x 16.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification: Television History of the Americas Vietnam War War & defence operations
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CNN's story of Operation Tailwind was one of the biggest scandals of the late 1990s news industry. Here, Jerry Lembcke delves into the origins of the story and how it came to be believed, not only by those who told it but by news reporters and the public.
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 had 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 Operation 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'' 1980 classic, Deciding What''s News, Jerry Lembcke''s CNN''s Tailwind Tale is at once a study of American journalism that opens a window on America itself. Special link to the author''s interview on Radio Nation discussing this new book - CNN''s Tailwind Tale

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