Woman burned by McDonald's hot coffee, then the news media
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In 1992, Stella Liebeck spilled scalding McDonald's coffee in her lap and later sued the company, attracting a flood of negative attention. It turns out there was more to the story.
Why do audiences accept some media representations as true, or reject others as false?
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