TV and Media coverage Flashcards
1
Q
What was important about the presence of the media?
A
Us public could see what was happening
2
Q
When US public started to watch a lot of television what did they notice?
A
The death toll was rising
3
Q
Describe the famous photograph from the tet?
A
South Vietnamese soldier shooting a handcuffed vietcong soldier in the street.
4
Q
What significance did the photo have on the US public?
A
It shoed them that the South were just as brutal as the enemy.
5
Q
Name a well respected news reporter from the time?
A
Walter Cronkite
6
Q
What did Cronkite say?
A
The situation in Vietnam was at a “stalemate”
