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Running Head : THE MEDIA AND VIETNAM WAR

Role of the media in the Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War led to many deaths of the Americans but they did not want to be defeated and the government insisted the soldiers to keep on fighting . The media started circulating photos of wounded and dead soldiers and reported that America was loosing the war . The public was aware of what was going on thanks to the media and criticized the government to withdraw the

troops and stop the war

Media and the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a cold war that occurred in Vietnam from November 1 1955 to April 30th 1975 . The war immensely affected Reporters and photographers who went through a big change in their style of reporting

Role of the media

The American media began to take into account the true horror of the war and the political affairs behind it to the American public and the entire world . This move made the government face opposition from the public who begun to lose hope in the battle and the government . The reliability of the American government experienced their major loss when the Pentagon Papers information was displayed to the public . The paper enclosed numbers from the war that was much higher than reported by the administration . It pointed out high figures of American soldiers fatalities and few victorious battles . This move made the other media outlets to get to the truth of the...