Question: when was the vietnam war broadcasted on tv

title: United States news media and the Vietnam War
text: The first editorial about the rise of communism in Vietnam was published by The New York Times in January 1955 . In the same way after the United States threw its weight behind Ngo Dinh Diem , who became South Vietnam 's president in 1955 , journals in the United States ignored the new leader 's despotic tendencies and instead highlighted his anticommunism . The death of civilians in a coup against President Diem at the end of 1960 started to change how Vietnam was viewed by the media . As a result , the New York Times sent the first reporter to Saigon , the capital of South Vietnam . This was followed by other journalists arriving from Reuters , AFP , Time and Newsweek . The basic policy governing how the US mission in Saigon handled these reporters reflected the way the administration of President John F. Kennedy conceived of the American role in the war . Under that framework , the Americans ' role in South Vietnam was only to render advice and support in that nation 's war against the Communists .