About: Media and the War on Iraq

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The media has always had its hand in the war effort. It was during World War I that mass media began using propaganda to support the war effort. The media’s reporting of breaking news during WWI came from what news the government supplied them with. Media outlets still had credibility with American citizens and sought to find the “real truth” behind these government releases. This was the first US war that the mass media had access to and thus the government was wary of so much publicity so the “media became skeptical of ‘canned’ government information releases that reflected the administration's perspective and were provided as news” (Murphy). Because of this distrust, the government created the Committee on Public information, headed by newspaperman, George Creel (Murphy). This organizat

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rdfs:comment	The media has always had its hand in the war effort. It was during World War I that mass media began using propaganda to support the war effort. The media’s reporting of breaking news during WWI came from what news the government supplied them with. Media outlets still had credibility with American citizens and sought to find the “real truth” behind these government releases. This was the first US war that the mass media had access to and thus the government was wary of so much publicity so the “media became skeptical of ‘canned’ government information releases that reflected the administration's perspective and were provided as news” (Murphy). Because of this distrust, the government created the Committee on Public information, headed by newspaperman, George Creel (Murphy). This organizat
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abstract	The media has always had its hand in the war effort. It was during World War I that mass media began using propaganda to support the war effort. The media’s reporting of breaking news during WWI came from what news the government supplied them with. Media outlets still had credibility with American citizens and sought to find the “real truth” behind these government releases. This was the first US war that the mass media had access to and thus the government was wary of so much publicity so the “media became skeptical of ‘canned’ government information releases that reflected the administration's perspective and were provided as news” (Murphy). Because of this distrust, the government created the Committee on Public information, headed by newspaperman, George Creel (Murphy). This organization took on the role of spreading propaganda in the form of pamphlets, print media, and press releases. It was not distributed by the press themselves because the government had not yet tapped in to the media outlets that would later come in handy when rallying support for the war effort. Media's role in war changed with the use of camera's and the ability to send images of war home to the people. The public began to distrust the media with their coverage of Vietnam and started to treat news sources with suspicion. Journalists began struggling with the idea of ethics as far as reporting for war. This problem began many years ago and remains an important topic in reporting today.

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