It is amazing, really it's not, that for years, decades even before the rehabilitation of the history of the Vietnam War, Vietnam War vets walked around in shame after that conflict. It was perceived largely as a shameful conflict and those associated with it, namely the vets, were tarnished and stigmatized by it. Not so with the Iraq War and yet it was every bit as illegal and egregious. Both wars were a war crime and yet Iraq is and has always been viewed in a much more favorable light than Vietnam. Where have all the Walter Cronkites gone?
There will never be another Cronkite in the major media, not even another investigative reporter like Jack Anderson. That's what happens when you allow the industry to migrate from 'free press' to 'corporate media'.
It is amazing, really it's not, that for years, decades even before the rehabilitation of the history of the Vietnam War, Vietnam War vets walked around in shame after that conflict. It was perceived largely as a shameful conflict and those associated with it, namely the vets, were tarnished and stigmatized by it. Not so with the Iraq War and yet it was every bit as illegal and egregious. Both wars were a war crime and yet Iraq is and has always been viewed in a much more favorable light than Vietnam. Where have all the Walter Cronkites gone?
This is precisely why the government controlled the media with "imbedded" journalists, not releasing casualty numbers, or showing dead soldiers on tv.
There will never be another Cronkite in the major media, not even another investigative reporter like Jack Anderson. That's what happens when you allow the industry to migrate from 'free press' to 'corporate media'.