Getting It Wrong debunks 10 prominent media-driven myths, among them several of the most cherished stories American journalism tells about itself.

Media-driven myths are stories about and/or by the news media that are widely believed and often retold, but which, under scrutiniy, prove to be apocryphal or wildly exaggerated.

These include the notion that the news media brought down Richard Nixon's corrupt presidency, ended Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witchhunt, and fomented the Spanish-American War.

Getting It Wrong will be published by University of California Press.