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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:21 AM Original message |
Question for DUers around during Vietnam War coverage |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well..I wasn't paying as much attention then.. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yeah, I wasn't, either. I do remember a few things. But it's vague. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cronkite was one of the first, I believe |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And ending his broadcast every night with the body count for the day |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. "The Five O'clock Follies" and Gen. Wastemoreland |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. I was just a toddler back then |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. I was a kid back then but I do remember |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was married to a service man and lived in the service life |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. I remember Dan Rather |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. So was Peter Jennings.....n/t |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. we only got CBS |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, no tricks. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. They actually showed the shit |
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OneTwentyoNine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Wasn't it titled the "Living room War"? |
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cyn2 (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. Watching, but perhaps a tad hazy? |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. I Was Around |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. We had a reporter travel with our unit for about ten days once. |
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Boredtodeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. Daily news reports of war (with footage) |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That's what I remember best. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Read "Dispatches," by Michael Herr, and "Flashbacks," by Morley Safer. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I never got the sense that |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. If today's press were doing their jobs there would have been NO war |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Vietnam vs. Iraq |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. viet nam |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. it took a while for the media to come around |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. daily image assault |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. Very early in the Viet Nam war Cronkite was a cheerleader. |
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