But then came Korea and Vietnam. ... Illusory events reported by the press as well as real events within the press corps were more decisive than the clash of arms or the contention of ideologies.""... The Vietnam War had very little support on the home front from the American public. ... (Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 53) Though, in the beginning of the war, most Americans did back Washington's Vietnam policy. ... The words, ideas and modern mass media were just as important to the leaders of democracy in changing the fascist tide. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Vietnam War was also another event that shaped the way Americans viewed war and how they viewed the rest of the world. ... The media was an important tool in making country aware of what was going on. ... During the cold war the Cuban missile crisis was one of the most important events happening in the news at that time. ... America was fighting a war over in Vietnam during the 70's against communism. ... From the Vietnam War being the first televised war, to the United States spy plane being *censored* down over China, the media is a big influence on how we view the world. ...

• Word Count: 1207
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Vietnam War horrified and fascinated me. ... Over the years I studied the Vietnam War and became friends with some Vietnam Veterans (one of my best friends was in Khe San during the Tet offensive). As I am assimilating all this it became obvious that the NVA had no chance to win the war through military warfare. ... This campaign was so effective that a resounding defeat (the repression of the Tet offensive) was portrayed as a major victory in the US press for the NVA where even Walter Cronkite said the Vietnam War was unwinable. ... Many news stories, by virtue of the events they cover o...

• Word Count: 2080
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Newspapers, radio, magazines and television are able to use their own judgment when reporting current events. ... Luckily, in both of these situations, there is more than one reporter covering the details of the story, and most important information is sure to surface somewhere. ... The event being described is news, but it is described in terms applied over the years to similar events. ... For instance, during the Vietnam War, the Defense Department of the United States used many misleading phrases in news reports. ... By using carefully chosen phrases, the Defe...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I didn't realize at the time how many lives were lost and how devastating the event would really be. ... My mother said that her family never went to any political events, but my grand father said that he and his parents went. ... My grand father himself has been to many different political events throughout his life because he is a photographer for the Charlotte Observer. My mother said that the main theme for campaigns in her generation was the Vietnam War. It was a big deal, because the candidates were either very pro-war or very anti-war, and people wanted to know exactly where th...

• Word Count: 2222
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School