THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Why were omission, spin/tone, and sensationalism the most common forms of media bias during the Vietnam War? Select the TWO most accurate responses.
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journalists found these to be the easiest forms of intentional bias to mask as accidental or incidental
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war is naturally captivating and there are many perspectives of it
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bias is a natural outgrowth of an uncensored view of the war because war news was primarily consumed in a visual way
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What role did media bias play in Vietnam War literature? Media often presented soldiers in a bad light, or it “sanitized” or left out much of what was happening in Vietnam. Vietnam War literature set this record straight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Television and photojournalism played a key role in publicizing protests, flooding the media with images of students being carried away by police and even riots, such as those that took place at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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