tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post8302618990681487364..comments2024-03-12T17:52:01.234-07:00Comments on Linux Beach: Meet #Green Party's #JillStein, #Putin sock-puppet & #Assad apologist Linux Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-31344899852521359072016-08-14T17:37:32.908-07:002016-08-14T17:37:32.908-07:00I was thinking of the PBS documentary, that's ...I was thinking of the PBS documentary, that's the one I used. I had it confused with this AIM product. As to the AIM quote I used, was it accurate?Linux Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-52673769309879905942016-08-14T12:22:22.417-07:002016-08-14T12:22:22.417-07:00Accuracy In Media
last updated: January 7, 1989
C...Accuracy In Media<br />last updated: January 7, 1989<br /><br />Categories:<br />Background:<br /><br />Funding:<br /><br />Activities:<br /><br />Government Connections:<br /><br />Private Connections:<br /><br />Misc:<br /><br />Comments:<br /><br />Principals:<br /><br />Sources: Click @ http://rightweb.irc-online.org/accuracy_in_media/Julius Martovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174462786563240543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-56123745900974734702016-08-14T12:09:50.110-07:002016-08-14T12:09:50.110-07:00TO begin with the critical point, there is no very...TO begin with the critical point, there is no very good reason why ''Television's Vietnam: The Impact of Media'' should not be shown. The one-hour documentary, on Channel 31 at 8 o'clock tonight, became controversial when the Public Broadcasting Service turned it down. Subsequently, a number of public-television stations, acting independently of PBS, have chosen to show it anyway. They should. It is a provocative documentary.<br /><br />''Television's Vietnam'' is produced by Accuracy in Media, or AIM, the conservative organization that looks for liberal bias in the press. The strength of the documentary, however, is not that it says reporting in Vietnam was liberal or left-leaning; it does some heavy breathing here, but pretty much leaves that alone. Its strength is that it says some of the reporting was not very good.<br /><br />This reflects AIM's own conservative position, or, if you will, its bias. Charlton Heston, the narrator, states the documentary's case: ''There is no single answer'' to the question of why the United States lost in Vietnam, ''but many believe that our will to win was eroded by the way our media, especially television, reported the war.''<br /><br />How did it report the war? The documentary builds its case around the coverage of the Tet offensive in late January 1968, when the Vietcong began a series of attacks on the major cities of South Vietnam. The Vietcong and their North Vietnamese sponsors admitted later that they suffered a military defeat. On American television, however, it sometimes looked as if they had won. SNIP more @ http://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/01/movies/television-s-vietnam-a-documentary-on-31.htmlJulius Martovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174462786563240543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-83619097317181942502016-08-13T13:23:01.663-07:002016-08-13T13:23:01.663-07:00I don't know a lot about AIM. I liked the quot...I don't know a lot about AIM. I liked the quote and think it accurate. After reading your comment, I took a look at their website. I very much like this from their About section:<br /><br />"In an unprecedented victory in 1984, AIM persuaded PBS to air a documentary it produced challenging the network’s coverage of the Vietnam War."<br /><br />I think that 12 part doc on the Vietnam War the best thing about the war on US TV - including Hearts & Minds which I was given every right to use. I used more footage from what until now I thought of as the PBS series than any other single source in my Vietnam: American Holocaust. So I thank them for that too.Linux Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-45463442551937385282016-08-13T09:31:14.244-07:002016-08-13T09:31:14.244-07:00Citing Accuracy in Media was a mistake. It's a...Citing Accuracy in Media was a mistake. It's a reliable voice of the Israeli right wing just as RT is a reliable voice of the Black Hundred Russian government. I would not cite RT to make a point about Fox News. You shouldn't cite AIM to make a point about RT. Even if the point is entirely correct. Get a more credible source. Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586512395705765423noreply@blogger.com