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Today's (or recently) anchormen, like Dan Rather, were at the time young war correspondents accompanying US Infantrymen in the field, during the war. Firefights were covered with moving film and sound. These were later transmitted to the living rooms of people through out the United States. Usually during the Huntley, Brinkley Reports, Putnam News, and Walter Cronkite Reports. On some occasions, the war correspondents were seen to be "hit", and the camera kept rolling, the TV anchormen just let the "coverage continue"; then ending with a, "...close call for Dan over there, hope he's alright...now onto our local news..." For US Aircraft being shot down; Those were normally black & white footage, and "graciously" given to US News Coverage teams, by the North Vietnamese Government (termed "Hanoi Release's"), which were also aired on the same TV networks.
The Vietnam War was the FIRST war in which nearly EVERY US household had a TV; in most cases, a color TV. News Reporters, fully knowledgeable of this fact, sent bloody images into every US living room. The consequences of such actions resulted in President Reagan's media blackout during his Operation Urgent Fury during the 1983 Grenada invasion. Then his former (Vice) President Bush's (Sr.) restrictive news coverage during Operation Desert Storm, commencing on 15 January 1991.
The media gave the idea that the US was losing the Vietnam war horrifically to the US public, and because the US is a country "of the people" the American government was forced by its people to move out of Vietnam before a victory, that was very near, was achieved. The USA didn't lose the Vietnam war but it did not win it either, it went into the country with one main mission to protect SV from communism which it accomplished up to the point of its removal as US and SV forces were pushing the NV forces back deep into NV (by this time the Vietcong was beaten down into a force that was unable to wage war by the Americans)
Pictures are worth a thousand words; the media fuelled the flames of discontent.
they showed everything thata was happening... i.e U.S troops being killed and it started to make US citizens anti-war
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What Most of the war illustrations in the media during the Vietnam war were mainly drawn to?
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
What role did television play in increasing Americans doubts about the war effort?
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
Did a A-4 skyhawk drop any bombs on Vietnam?
Yes indeed; Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War.
What was different about the Vietnam Wars interaction with the media when compared with past wars?
It was the first war to feature nightly broadcasts on television.
Who lived in Vietnam during the Vietnam war?
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
How does the role of the media in the war in Iraq compare to the role the media played in the Vietnam war?
i dont no and have nice day
Did the US win or lose the Vietnam War Justify your answer.?
How did the role the American media played in the Vietnam War.
How has the Vietnam war played a role in current presidential election?
Probably not.
What factor most led to divisions among Americans about the U.S. role in the Vietnam conflict?
The media was the main factor that shaped American views on the War in Vietnam. Unadulterated coverage of the war showed Americans just how futile the battle actually was.
What did media coverage of the war in Vietnam lead to?
Because of coverage of the Vietnam War being displayed in the media, this lead to Anti-War movements thorughout the U.S.
Media name for those who opposed the war in Vietnam?
War protesters.
Role of Vietnam's neighbors in Vietnam war?
All were officially neutral.
What effect did media images of the war most have on America?
Media images of the war had a significant impact on America, shaping public opinion and mobilizing support for or against military intervention. Graphic and disturbing images, such as the Vietnam War's "napalm girl" photo, contributed to growing anti-war sentiment. These images also helped fuel broader movements for peace and played a role in influencing policy decisions made by the government.
What Most of the war illustrations in the media during the Vietnam war were mainly drawn to?
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
Why did the media turn against the Vietnam War?
The media DIDN'T turn against the war...it's just that pictures didn't lie.
What was the french's role in the Vietnam war?
They fought a war there to retain the country.
Most of the war illustrations in the media during the Vietnam war were mainly drawn to what?
Death and destruction.
