Media's Coverage of Other Wars
Following the first "television war", the unfettered access to the events of war would no longer exist. The VIetnam war placed the reporters and the military on opposing sides. As displayed in the Gulf War, a switch was made by the military to control media coverage and orchestrate the message that the American public would receive.
During the Iraq war, reporters have been embedded by the military into U.S. Army units, giving them and the people in America only one side of the story. Within the Army, a team has been appointed to monitor major news channels and productions in the U.S. and Iraq to help determine the public's opinion about the Iraq war. This has been done so that the U.S. government can help influence the American people to support the war in Iraq.
During the Iraq war, reporters have been embedded by the military into U.S. Army units, giving them and the people in America only one side of the story. Within the Army, a team has been appointed to monitor major news channels and productions in the U.S. and Iraq to help determine the public's opinion about the Iraq war. This has been done so that the U.S. government can help influence the American people to support the war in Iraq.
Ultimately, the coverage of Vietnam would lead to a powerful backlash against the media to control the portrayal of the war. . . in the absence of independent coverage in the field, the military's perspective prevailed, and the antagonism between the press and the military hardened. |
"The military is increasingly integrating information operations into the heart of its commands." |
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