How did the media influence the public opinion after the Tet Offensive? a. It showed that the Vietnam was too strong. c. It showed how the war was brutal and many Americans were dying. b. It showed that innocent people were not dying. d. It showed how the Americans were winning the war.

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Kinsley Delacruz

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12 January, 22:21

How did the media influence the public opinion after the Tet Offensive? a. It showed that the Vietnam was too strong. c. It showed how the war was brutal and many Americans were dying. b. It showed that innocent people were not dying. d. It showed how the Americans were winning the war.

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Danny Morrison · Answer 1

The correct answer is c) It showed how the war was brutal and many Americans were dying

Until 1950s, only 9% of American homes had a TV and many new information that was told to them by the politicians.

Most of the public believed that the US was winning the war easily.

As the number of televisions grew, the perception of the war among Americans changed. However, the Tet offensive, one of the first to be televised in American, showed the real situation to American households.

It was a pivotal moment which showed how Vietnamese forces were inflicting damage to Americans and how the truth was being hidden by the politicians.