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NealSharma
Mrs.Blevins
WorldLiterature
22January2015
AnnotatedBibliography
Cullen,David.Columbine.NewYork:Twelve,2009.Print.
Thebookisagreatsourcetouseinthisessaybecauseitinformsthereaderofallthe
mythstiedtotheColumbineshooting,whythesemythssurfaced,andwhatthetruth
aboutthesemythsis.PersonallyIseethissourceastheoneofthemostaccuratebecause
ithasbeenanalyzedbyacountlessnumberofpeopleandmostofmyknowledgeabout
theshootingcomesfromthissource.Iamplanningonusingthissourcetogivedetailed
examplesofthewhattheTrenchCoatMafiaentailsandhowthemediaplayedarolein
promotingthismyth.
Senior,Jennifer."TheEndoftheTrenchCoatMafia."TheNewYorkTimes.TheNew
YorkTimes,18Apr.2009.Web.22Jan.2015.
ThisarticlecontainsinformationofhowtheColumbineshootingwascarriedoutand
howthemediadeceivedthepublicfromthetruth.Stilltodaypeoplebelievethatthe
shootingwasbetweengothsandjocksbecauseofthewaythemediaspreadthe
informationthatitreceivedfromstudentsandothersources.Ithinkthissourceisreliable
becauseitisfromatrustednewspaperanditalsocontainsinformationofhowtherumors
startedandwhytheyspreadsoquickly.Iamgoingtousethisinformationtoshowwhy
peoplebelievedthattheTrenchCoatMafiawasrealandwhypeoplestillbelieveinthis
mythtodaybyusingexamplesgiventomeinthisarticle.
"TheTrenchCoatMafia&Associates."CNN.CableNewsNetwork,n.d.Web.22Jan.
2015.
ThisarticleshowsthereportfromtheJeffersonCountySheriffsDepartment.Thisreport
containsalltheinformationconnectedtoColumbine,includingmythsandfacts.Italso
explainsthebackgroundoftheTrenchCoatMafiaandwhythisnameoriginated.Ithink
thissourceishelpfulbecauseitgiveinformationabouttheoriginofthegroupandwhy
theboysweresuspectedtobeinit.Iwillusethisinformationtogiveadetailed

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backgroundonthetopicbeforegettingintotheindepthdetailsaboutthemyth,andthis
articlewithhelpmehaveavarietyofinformationinthisessay.
"WhoAretheTrenchcoatMafia?"BBCNews.BBC,21Apr.1999.Web.21Jan.2015.
ThisarticleexplainsexactlywhowasapartoftheTrenchCoatMafiaandwhythey
joined.Italsosayshowthestudentsgottheirmotivefromthisgroupofpeople.This
sourceisagreatsourcebecauseitshowsthatpeoplestillbelieveinthismyth.Nowhere
inthearticleistheideaoftheTrenchCoatMafiadismissedorprovedwrong,which
leadsmetobelievethattheythinkthismythistrue.Thisarticlewillhelpmegivethe
pointofviewofpeoplewhostillbelieveinthemythandwhytheystillbelieveinthe
myth.Thiswillbeincorporatedinmyessaytoprovethatnoeveryonesthoughtprocess
abouttheshootingwillbethesamebecauseoftheinfluenceofthemedia.