Get the weekly Media Channel e-mail updates. While that country still fights a virtually invisible battle to rebuild, the role of the media in covering and mis-covering the war remains hotly debated. As in so many other Vietnam War issues, supporters of the war cite one set of lessons, critics another. From Electron Press , May 2000. Even after the war, Herman adds, The Times perpetuated the suffering of Vietnamese people by endorsing the economic boycott of their battered nation.
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Susan Moeller, a photojournalist and author, reviews the medium and its defining photographs in Vietnam. There are many lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War, both political and military. Gag The Press. The same problems persist, such as governments using patriotic sensibilities to silence journalists and militaries demanding censorship while denying access to battlefields. In this insightful discussion, Manda explores what Vietnam means today.