The real war: the news media's complicity in government censorship dismays a reporter who covered the Persian Gulf War
Article Abstract:
Issues concerning the press coverage of the 1991 Persian Gulf War are examined, focusing on military action that was only reported months after the war and the failure of the major news network, newspapers, and wire services to challenge the legality of press restrictions. Topics include the manner in which US military earth-moving machines buried alive thousands of Iraqi soldiers in desert trenches, military lies to families of six soldiers who died from friendly fire, and changes in editorial policy in an era when newspapers are owned by corporations with other corporate interests.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
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War, censorship and the First Amendment
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The relationship between the government and the press as it relates to journalistic coverage of military actions is examined. Topics include the victory of the New York Times in the Supreme Court case involving the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War; the history of government censorship since the birth of the Republic; government news management techniques that have developed at the end of the 20th century, including sanitizing images of war; and misleading the press with incomplete statistics; and the importance of maintaining the power of the press to inform the people.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
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War from a helicopter
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The experience of flying into Vietcong territory on a helicopter during the Vietnam War is described. Topics include the capturing of a Vietcong soldier and the promise of a Vietnamese commander to kill the prisoner.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 2001
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