Question

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Select all that apply.
Walter Cronkite's special interview from Vietnam _____.

A). Resulted in a fine for CBS's violation of the Fairness Doctrine

B). Illustrated the media's perceived effect on public opinion

C). Is rumored to have caused President Johnson to reconsider running for reelection

D). Resulted in President Nixon encouraging the silent majority to come forward

E). Happened shortly before Nixon announced that he'd run for president with his big ticket item being a promise to stop the war

Answer 1

Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam in the wake of the Tet Offensive in 1968 with a preconceived notion that the Communists had won a great victory that proved the United States could never win the war in Vietnam. He slanted his reporting to prove his point, and refused to look at any evidence that the Viet Cong/National Liberation Front/North Vietnamese Army had, in fact, suffered a crushing military and political defeat. The rest of the liberal media, which had always leaned towards supporting the Communists, jumped on the bandwagon and spent the next five years browbeating the American public with the message the war in Vietnam was unwinnable. It was the last interview held at the Saigon Bureau before the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam.It demonstrated Cronkite's position that the Vietnam War was unwinnable.CBS was fined by the FCC because Cronkite's interview violated the Fairness Doctrine. President Lyndon B. Johnson singled Cronkite out when he criticized the media's coverage of the war, urging the silent majority to step forward. President Lyndon B. Johnson dropped out of the 1968 Presidential Election because he felt that the public would shar

i say its A but im not sure

Answer 2

i could be wrong

Answer 3

With all that Info I would have to agree thanks alot for not just being like "its A" and actually explaining! I hate when people do that I want help with learning not cheating lol.

Answer 4

haha np