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, Support Demonstration for draft resister Washington D.C. (1967) Mike Leavy, at Seattle's Federal Building, September 13, 1968. Copyright (c) Fred The first protests against the Vietnam War Lonidier. was 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 WAR OPPOSITION TO IT

VIETNAM (1960-1970's) What media was used?

The Vietnam War was the first war to be showed by the media to the public. Using real combat footage. This changed drastically the opinion on what people thought about the war. Television showed the coverage of the war, but could not show America winning the war, just showed American soldiers killing Vietnamese civilians, the Tet Offensive is one example of this.

Even though, some people critizized the media for not showing everything. For example, Noam Chomsky and Edward Herming, in their book "Manufacturing Consent", stated the meda censored the most brutal parts, therefore not showing the reality.

IRAQ 8(2003-2011) What media was used?

In the early days of this war, 77% of online Americans 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 media did 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 this reason 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 and Iraq 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.