U.S. Media's coverage of the Viet Nam War

[Noynik]

I had personal experiences where the US media greatly exagurated enemy activity to our country. If Charlie lobed a few rockets in and they did no damage the state side media would make it sound like the base was over run and we were wiped out.

Personally, I believe this added to the "hopless cause" fuel that got our country so inflamed.

Not to open up a painful bag of worms here but this has been a bug in my brain for the longest time. I am just wondering how many others here saw the same thing.

Very hard to find information about this on the internet....

[sparkie]

Ask Walter Chronkite,

[Noynik]

So, it appears Chronkite was the begining of the decline of the MSM. That's a start toward getting at the truth....

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/walter_cronkite_vietnam_and_th_1.html

[Noynik]

This makes Sooo much sense!! It jives with what I saw and heard.

More people, especially today, need to read this article and take it too heart.


http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/18/walter-cronkite-and-the-national-will/