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Which diagram shows how the media contributed to the antiwar movement

during the Vietnam War era?
caused
News channels delib-
erately showed false
information.
Caused
Americans decided
that the truth was
unknowable.

B.
More Americans
went away to war.
Caused
Wawer Americans paid
attention to media
reports of the war.

C.
News coverage of the
war made it look worse
than government
reports claimed.
Caused
The public concluded
that the war was not
going well.

D.
Movies portrayed
soldiers as cruel
and callous.
Caused
Young people decided
that they did not want
to serve in the military.

User Ziminji
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Answer:

C. News coverage of the war made it look worse than government reports claimed. ------> The public concluded that the war was not going well.

Step-by-step explanation:

Vietnam war was also named "television war" and "living-room war" for the large role the media had in the reporting from the battlefield. News often showed uncensored reports for the battlefields and many journalists reports violated military secrecy code.

The news reports would usually say more about the war then the government reports, so the public grew more distrustful towards the government, it's reporting and it's actions. The government would try to win back the public by putting out false information, yet the journalists would expose this and the public would lose respect for the leading forces.

With all of this, Americans thought they had the direct, complete report on the war and casualties only via news and media. When there were more casualties, the public support of the conflict was weaker.

All of this affected American people to become more and more against the war and for a strong anti-Vietnam movement.

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