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irishgit (138)
07/24/2007
Blown out of proportion and used as a convenient excuse, at the very least.


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numbah16tdhaha (147)
12/14/2006
Blown out of proportion at the barest of minimums...

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Drummond (54)
12/14/2006
At least to some extent.

This from FAIR:

"American Planes Hit North Vietnam After Second Attack on Our Destroyers; Move Taken to Halt New Aggression", announced a Washington Post headline on Aug. 5, 1964.

That same day, the front page of the New York Times reported: "President Johnson has ordered retaliatory action against gunboats and 'certain supporting facilities in North Vietnam' after renewed attacks against American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin."

But there was no "second attack" by North Vietnam no "renewed attacks against American destroyers." By reporting official claims as absolute truths, American journalism opened the floodgates for the bloody Vietnam War.

The rest of the article is here:

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261

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