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VIETNAM WAR OPPOSITION TO IT

In 1968 there was a Anti-war protest for the war in Vietnam organized outside the embassy of

London, in which 200 people were arrested. This led to a bigger problem outside Trafalgar

Square in which about 10,000 people showed they were against the American action in

Vietnam.

Military Veterans protest the Vietnam War,

Washington D.C. (1967)Support Demonstration for draft resister

Mike Leavy, at Seattle's Federal Building,

September 13, 1968. Copyright (c) Fred

Lonidier.The first protests against the Vietnam Warwas in October 1965, when the draft had

increased. By February 1965 there had

been 300 men drafted, and by October it

was 33000.

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IRAQ WAROPPOSITION TO IT


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VIETNAM (1960-1970's)

What media was used?

The Vietnam War was the first warto be showed by the media to the

public. Using real combat footage.This changed drastically theopinion on what people thought

about the war. Television showedthe coverage of the war, but couldnot show America winning the war,

just showed American soldierskilling Vietnamese civilians, the Tet

Offensive is one example of this.

Even though, some peoplecritizized the media for not

showing everything. Forexample, Noam Chomskyand Edward Herming, in

their book "ManufacturingConsent", stated the medacensored the most brutal

parts, therefore notshowing the reality.


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IRAQ 8(2003-2011)

What media was used?

In the early days of this war, 77% of onlineAmericans used the Internet with some

connection to the war. To get information,

to share opinions, etc.There were about

200 known blogs created by soldiers that

detailed day to day experiences of the war.

Also gave information about the most

brutal events that they thought the mediadid not show. The captain of the Florida

National Guard, Jason Van Steenwyk

served in iraq from May 2003 to February

2004. He said that Tv networks and

newspapers focused on the violence when

covering the Iraqui elections, for thisreason he created his blog

"Countercolumn" which showed his view

of the war.

Soldiers have used the internet as a medium to offer a different side of the

war, the one the media did not portrayed.

(Television and Newpaper)


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CONCLUSION

In conclusion, the media played a big part in both the Vietnam andIraq wars. In the Vietnam war, it was the first war to be televised and

it gave the people at home an insight of the war, either for good or

for bad. In 1975, Marshall McLuhan said, Television brought the

brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost

in the living rooms of America, not on the battlefields of Vietnam.This shows what some people thought about the media, because it

showed the people the truth.

The Iraq war was very similar, because it was the first war with

internet coverage. People had easy access to what exactly was

happening in Iraq, and found articles both for or against the war.

This also affected peoples views as they had more information

about the war which was not necessarily coming from the

government.

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