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Media and The Vietnam War

Media and The Vietnam War. Kristie Rohde. Brief History. August 2, 1964 USS Maddox attacked in The Gulf of Tonkin. January 31, 1968 Tet offensive; war’s turning point August 15, 1973 Case-Church Amendment; US involvement in the war ends.

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Media and The Vietnam War

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  1. Media and The Vietnam War Kristie Rohde

  2. Brief History • August 2, 1964 USS Maddox attacked in The Gulf of Tonkin. • January 31, 1968 Tet offensive; war’s turning point • August 15, 1973 Case-Church Amendment; US involvement in the war ends.

  3. So what exactly makes Vietnam different than its predecessors in terms of media? Television

  4. Vietnam wasn’t the first war to have film, but it did several things different. • Seen in color rather than black and white. • Less censorship • Could be seen at home • Called the first “living room war”

  5. In the beginning • The coverage was upbeat and positive • Heavy focus on the soldiers • Tried to show plenty of action

  6. 1967 News Reel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ErNuoJ_1bM

  7. Tet offensive and onward • Still focused on soldiers • Stalemates rather than victories • Showed human cost • More up close and personal

  8. 1968 News Footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vJqTN-qVI

  9. Walter Cronkite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4w-ud-TyE

  10. As I sat in my office last evening, waiting to speak, I thought of the many times each week when television brings the war into the American home. No one can say exactly what effect those vivid scenes have on American opinion. Historians must only guess at the effect that television would have had during earlier conflicts on the future of this Nation:--during the Korean war, for example, at that time when our forces were pushed back there to Pusan;--or World War II, the Battle of the Bulge, or when our men were slugging it out in Europe or when most of our Air Force was shot down that day in June 1942 off Australia.But last night television was being used to carry a different message. It was a message of peace. It occurred to me that the medium may be somewhat better suited to conveying the actions of conflict than to dramatizing the words that the leaders use in trying and hoping to end the conflict. -- Lyndon B. Johnson

  11. So is television why the war became unpopular in the US? • No • It reflected the feel of America, but it didn’t cause it.

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