Re-examining the role of the U.S. media in the Vietnam war
Re-examining the role of the U.S. media in the Vietnam war
The paper discusses the influence of the news media on war outcomes using the example of U.S. media reports during the Vietnam War. Towards the end of the 1960s, as the war began to see no end with escalating death toll of U.S. troops and enormous war expenses, public and the media’s support for the Vietnam War wobbled, which gradually caused heavy pressure for the U.S. government.