INSTAGRAM AND INSTANT DEATH
My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1971 Photo WIkileaks Commons / Library of Congress Vietnam was called “The Livingroom War”. That’s because it was the first war in US history that came along with live television coverage. For the first time,...
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Vietnam Vietnam: A Television History Vietnam: A Television History Something has got to give in the world of education. Tuition at many private universities now exceeds $50,000 a year. Â That’s $200,000 for a BA. Is it worth it? A...
Read moreDid The Media Lose Vietnam?
Lt. General Donald E. Rosenblum at work…. Last week, at the height of the Cronkite memorabilia-fest, I watched, along with everyone else, as TV news ran the famous ‘we can no longer win the war in Vietnam’ clip over...
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Which one is the truth? An exchange of tweets yesterday with BurmaVJ among others got me thinking about journalism and the web. Not in the usual way, however. It made me think about a completely new kind of journalism…....
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During the Vietnam War it was called Collateral Damage. You called in air support and the next thing you knew, they were dropping explosives on your own position Bombing was not a precise science in those days. State of...
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