The Vietnam War is known as ‘the television war’. Images from the front nightly entered people’s living rooms through on-the-ground reportage. As the war progressed, public support waned and by 1969 protests were held, which were also televised. The TV imagery from the front and protests helped turn public sentiment, and subsequent conflicts, like the Gulf War, drastically reduced media access as a result.
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