03-05-2007, 11:21 AM
During the 1960s, my Dad would watch the CBS news on the Viet Nam War and would always comment that those news shots were staged. Of course, he was relating back to the old days when the news reels would be sprinkled with GI's playing up a scene for the cameras. You would see guys shooting machine guns or making a bayonet charge that appeared to resemble a training film more than actual battle.
After a few years of watching the news from Viet Nam, I think he finally changed his viewpoint----he didn't make that comment anymore.
Steve