Reality TV Goes to War: A different Kind of Fear Factor by
Alessandra Stanley I found very interesting. I agree with the article when it
says that since “Vietnam Americans have grown accustomed to escalation of war
on television”. In class we talked about how the Vietnam War was the first war
to be televised to the public. Unfortunately it did not show the United States in
a good light. This shocked the American people. Mr. Hussein appeared on Iraqi
television and admitted to having weapons of mass destructions. This was a
first TV surrender ever. It should maybe be the last. Television today is very
staged. People never really know if what they are saying is true or not. Some
matters are so delicate that having them in front of the television camera
might not be the best thing in the world. The Iraqi leader was told if he made
this statement then it would avoid military defeat. This just seems away to
humiliate the Iraqi leader. This matter could have been solved with the 5 other
conditions that came with peace. Having
the President go on live TV seems a little to far because people still need to
believe in their country.
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