The Uncounted Enemy
The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception was a controversial television
In response, Westmoreland publicly rebuked these claims and demanded 45 minutes of open airtime to rebut them. CBS refused the request, so Westmoreland
The case went to trial two years later. The trial,
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Tom Mascaro. "Uncounted Enemy, The". The Encyclopedia of Television. The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on 2002-06-20. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ Grace Ferrari Levine, “Television Journalism on Trial: Westmoreland v. CBS”, Journal of Mass Media Ethics 5, no. 2 (June 1990): 110.
- ^ Evans, Katerine (1987-04-05). "Declarations of Victory". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
References
- Sally Bedell & Dan Kower. “Anatomy of a Smear: How CBS News Broke the Rules and ‘Got’ Gen. Westmoreland”, TV Guide, 24 May 1982.
- Burton Benjamin. The CBS Benjamin Report. Washington, D.C.: The Media Institute, 1984.
- Connie Bruck. “The soldier takes the stand”, The American Lawyer (January/February 1985): 113–119.
- Grace Ferrari Levine. “Television Journalism on Trial: Westmoreland v. CBS”, Journal of Mass Media Ethics 5, no. 2 (June 1990): 102–116.
- Walter Schneir & Miriam Schneir. “The Right's Attack on the Press”, The Nation, 30 March 1985.