Media Bias In Vietnam War

The Civil Rights movement, Watergate and the Vietnam War were historical periods and events that not only cause political turmoil, but also brought dramatic changes in American history. All of these historical events brought the American right to the realization that they are losing the battle of public opinion to the liberal media bias. The origins that first feared the liberal media for conservatives was during the Civil Rights movement in the 1950’s and the 1960’s. During this period, the civil rights movement emerged with the rise of television. This was particularly seen that the most gripping images in the Civil Rights movement unfolded before television cameras. The images of arrest, scenes of raw racial hatred, violence and extraordinary courage on the part of Civil Rights activist had made riveting television. In particular, this was highly noticeable with the Little Rock Nine in 1957, the Freedom Rides in the summer of 1961 and the March on Selma in 1965 would magnetically attract cameras and living-room viewers. As a

And I think that the American people haven’t been brainwashed, and I think that the press and the national news media are going to get some of these liberal smiles wiped off their

As the American right had often blamed the media alleged antiwar slant, especially from the news media reports and leaks including, the Pentagon Papers. However, the further exacerbation of the tense relationship between the liberal established media and right-wing conservatives would be the demise of President Nixon in the Watergate