• @[email protected]
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    49 months ago

    Because during Vietnam people got the news from the media. The middleman is cut, we know immediately if this is just talk or real action.

    • @RapidcreekOP
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      -39 months ago

      If you think the media was friendly to the Viet Nam war, you are much mistaken

      • @njm1314
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        9 months ago

        Seriously, we don’t have an anti-vietnam war culture if it weren’t for the reporting being done in those days. Everyone should wish we had that kind of Journalism.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        That isn’t what I said. If you cut the middleman, you are informed nearly immediately. You can tell whether your government’s actions align with their words immediately. In many instances we learned of the lies before they were even told. That’s why you currently have a nation of cynics.

        • @RapidcreekOP
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          -49 months ago

          The media during Vietnam are those that cast doubt on the government line. Didn’t have anything to do with middlemen.