What Was The Media's Coverage Of The Tet Offensive

I would argue that it was the media’s coverage of the Tet Offensive that changed the minds of the public and had them view it as a defeat in America. Though the government had lied to the public about many things that were taking place, which was exposed, I think it was, with the help of the media that focused on the initial phase of the attack, at this point where the public change their minds on the war. I think the media’s confusion and such statements like Walter Cronkite’s in which he said, “I thought we were winning the war!” helped to persuade the American public that the United States had been defeat in the offensive (Herring, 241). I believe the idea of defeat because of the media’s broadcasts were even shown in Washington as Johnson,