Media during the Vietnam War

Introduction

Vietnam war was the first war that entered all houses in America. People could watch every second from the war during school break, dinners and work. The media wasn't censored at all so everything that came straight from the war was seen everywhere in America. Journalist were in the Vietnam war and they daily reported facts about battles, casualties and the morale of the soldiers.

Most important source showing news

In 1960's, television was considered to be the most important source of news for the American public. It was the most powerful source that could change public opinion at anytime. Around 1950's only 9% of homes owned a television but by 1960's it increased to 93%. Producers and reporters didn't want television to be a public service, they wanted to gain profit from it. They tried to achieve that by making news more entertaining. They showed conflict and people's morality. The news didn't find enough material that was dramatic enough until the number of American troops raised to 175, 000 in July 1965. There were interviews with American soldiers, and helicopter scenes to make it as dramatic as possible.

Media involved in Vietnam war.

During the Vietnam War, was The New York Times showed as a liberal newspaper? One of famous media critics Edward Herman beliefs and argues with other critics that The New York Times was a promoter and that it supported the aggressive aspects of the war.
Danny Schechter was a MediaChannel News Dissector who covered Vietnam from his studio in Boston. He was interviewing soldiers from the North and South Vietnam in 1974 just before the war ended in 1975.

Journalist who died during the Vietnam war

More than 70 journalist were killed during the war in 1965-1975. Many of the journalist were killed in military air crashes or in battle fields where they were never found.

O I know most of you are waiting for this!!!! Lost Season 2, episode 4

Many people in the hatch divided their time into work shifts. Hugo got to take care of the food supplies and to make an inventory of the food. Hugo can't tell anyone about it that others wouldn't eat the food that fast. He doesn't want to this work alone so he calls Rose to help him. On the other half of the island Sawyer, Jin and Michael are getting to know where the other group comes from. They found out those people actually come from the back side of the plane. In total 23 people survived (23 = one of the numbers you have to type in the computer) but only five of them is left. One of them is Rose's husband Bernard. They live in bunker which has the same dharma symbol on except there is not a swan but another symbol in the middle. Claire finds a bottle that came from the sea and it is the bottle which Michael and Sawyer took on the raft. They think that all of them from the raft died. Jack and Sayid are still discovering the hatch and they find a strong magnetic radiation that is coming out of one of the walls. Then Hurley gets mad and wants to blow up all the supplies because he thinks people will be mad at him for not giving them what they wanted. Rose stops Hurley and Hurley decides to give all the supplies to the people on the island.

Lost Season 2, epizode 3!!! Orientation

In this episode the tensions are just rising. Jack is trying to get Desmond because Locke is Desmond's hostage. Desmond turns on the best song called Make Your Own Kind of Music!! "You've got to make your own kind of music..." :-)) Then Kate appears behind Desmond and hits him as Desmond is holding a gun he accidentally breaks the computer with one of his bullets. Desmond shouts that he has to fix it otherwise everyone will die. He describes what he has to do that he has to type in those numbers and press execute. Desmond says that a man named Kelvin came to him while he wrecked on the island and showed him the computer. From that time Kelvin and Desmond every 108 min pressed execute because they didn't know what will happen if they don't. Suddenly Kelvin died and Desmond stayed there alone. Michael, Sawyer and Jin are now captive by "the others". "The others" put them in a hole and kept them there to get information from them. Another lady is thrown in the whole too. Her name is Anna - Lucia and she says she is a survivor from the plane and she asks Sawyer questions why they are on the island. She gets all the info she needs and she is pulled back by her friends from the hole. Desmond is still trying to repair the computer but in a panic he says its too late and packs his things and leaves to the jungle.

Lost???? Most people don't even have an idea what I am talking about....

Today there is lost on Czech TV!! I can't wait even though I have seen this episode. We are little bit behind because on our TV the 2nd season has just started. Today there is a 2nd episode called Adrift and there is a flashback on Michael. This episode is about the raft that "the others" have attacked. Michael and Sawyer are just in one conflict all the time. Then the mystery of the hatch is also developing. Lock is getting the idea why Desmond is on the island and that he has to type 4 8 15 16 23 42 and press the button on his computer every 108 minutes. The raft gets on the beach and "the others" come. To be continued..... I don't know why I just wrote this because I know that like half of the people that will look at my blog won't even know what Lost is, which means they won't even have an idea what I am actually talking about. I put this sentence on the bottom that actually everyone will read the post!!

The Departed

The Departed is the most catching and entraining film I’ve ever seen. The biggest thing that surprised me in this movie was Leonardo DiCaprio. I think it was one of his best roles, he has ever played. This movie caught my attention already at the begging of the movie when the opening credits started and it didn’t let go until the end of the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon were two men from opposite sides of the law. They were undercover within the Massachusetts Police and the Irish mafia. While the discoveries are pending Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon are send out to find their enemy's identities.

The movie starts with centering on two police cadets from the Boston Police Department (Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio). The men go totally different paths but each are facing the same goal. The Boston police force is already many years trying to get a powerful Irish mafia, the police department tries to put a secret agent, who will see what the Irish mafia is heading for. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young cop looking to make a name for him in the world of law enforcement. Collin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is a boy that grew up without his parents and became a successful street-smart criminal who has successfully entered the police department and reporting all the information to the Irish mafia boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Costigan is assigned the task to start working with Frank Costello and get into their guarded mafia circle. Sullivan got the responsibility to inform Frank Costello before Costigan and his police get al the information they needed and everything goes out of Costello’s hands. With the risk constantly rising and time quickly running out for the undercover cop and his criminal counterpart, each man must work fully to be first who to find the identity of the enemy cop before his identity is uncovered by the other.

After seeing the Departed I thought I have to go and see another movie directed by Martin Scorsese. I think this movie is the art work in his carrier. It has a great plot, many famous characters and perfect music, all I could say that this movie has everything that should be in a good movie. Leonardo gave an outstanding performance without any mistakes. Matt Damon played the corrupted cop but still played a wonderful role. Jack Nicholson has this unforgettable dry humor and I think that to this movie it fits perfectly. The characters worked together excellently and I think it was a great success. If someone is thinking what movie they should go see, it’s definitely this one because you have no idea what you are missing!


If you want to see the trailer for this movie click HERE!!


Some movie quotes:

Frank Costello:“I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.”

Frank Costello: “When I was your age they used to say you could become cops or criminals. What I'm saying to you is this... When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?”

??Room???

If you walk in his room the first thing that attracts you is a huge painted art work. It’s sitting on a wall facing the main door. The room got huge French windows with some small colorful dots on it. After a while you see all these racks, where some art is not finished yet lying on the floor. His windows sills are covered with huge, empty bottles of jam conserves. On one side of the window sill, long and thick paintbrushes are sticking out of one of the bottles. The other side of the window has a bottle with short and thin paintbrushes in. The paintbrushes are arranged perfectly, what we can’t say about his art works, lying everywhere. Instead of a carpet he has a huge, wooden and colored floor. The colors of the floor are very bright as the sunshine enters the room through the huge French windows. His bed is covered with a plastic foil and has some magazines together with red color that was spilled on it. Is it a painter? But where are all the cans with the color? We don’t see any cans of color in his room but there is another door. The door is painted with yellow and blue stripes which reminds you of a sun in the sky. You walk towards the door; you see lots of red colored dots on the door as someone was spilling a red color all over the room. Then you grab the handle you slowly pull it down. Then push the door forward but as you can see the door is locked.

Page 41 - 73 Hamlet

Its strats when Hamlet sees the ghost. Hamlet talks to him and the ghost says how Hamlet's uncle killed the old king. Hamlet can hardly believe and doesnt even want to believe it. Then the ghost disappears and Hamlet meets Horatio. Horatio wants to know what the ghost told Hamlet. Hamlet tells him but Horatio and his friends have to swear several times that they wont tell anyone the secret. Then there is a scene with Polonius and his friend Reynaldo. Polonius is asking Reynaldo if he could go and check up on his son who lives in France. Then there is a scene with Polonius, the king and the queen. Polonius explains Hamlet's maddness by saying that he fell in love with his daughter, Ophelia. The queen is against that and disagrees. Then she says "The reason why Hamlet is mad is because of his father's death and because I married the new king!"

Hamlet

Today we read few pages from Hamlet, which for me was a bit difficult because I didnt read the first ones. So i read the whole thing again. So far I understood that Horatio and other friends of Hamlet saw the king's spirit. When they tell Hamlet, he doesnt believe them but still wants to find out the truth. Of course when Oratio and his friend see it they cant believe it and are amazed. Then Oratio is also there and someone tells her that she shouldnt show any emotion while she is with Hamlet. This is so far what I understood, its not much but its pretty hard to understand..

Hamlet

Thanks for the book again!!!!

Hamlet

Hamlet

During English class we started to watch Hamlet. The starting showed a coffin with Hamlet’s father in. Hamlet’s mother was in a really big emotion, she couldn’t believe that her husband is dead. There was also Hamlet’s uncle which didn’t really care about his brother’s death because he knew he is going to the throne afterwards. After few weeks Hamlet’s mother marries Hamlet’s uncle who becomes the new king. Hamlet’s mom is now happy and telling Hamlet that life has to go on. He still doesn’t like it because his uncle took the throne. The uncle makes Hamlet’s mother to do everything he tells her but she doesn’t recognizes that. The uncle uses her to get closer to Hamlet and get Hamlet to believe and follow his uncle as well. Hamlet wants to leave the palace in Denmark but then his mom persuades him to stay. The movie is a bit harder to understand but you get most of the content by just watching it.

Break!

I hope you're having fun on your break away from bo-ring Vilnius.

Chapter 8

Copious: Big quantity
Visage: The way how your face looks
Eccentricity: difference from others..
Embonpoint: Beeing plump
Acrimony: Sharpness or bitterness

Chapter 7 words

Resplendent: Something shining
Hobbledehoy: A boy that doesnt act as he should..
Vociferous: Something that is really loud
Expostulation: Some is protesting
Incongruity: Something that you dont agree with. you've got another opinion

Words chapter 5 - 6

Quaint : Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way
Guttering: the act of making gutters
Jauntily: smartly trim… to walk with a jaunty step
Ascertain: to find out definitely

Words.. Chapter 4

Cursorily: going quickly over something
Penury: destitution, extreme poverty
Ostentatiously: conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others
Covet: to wish for... He won the prize they all coveted.
Imprecation: cursing
Vicar: a person acting as priest
Ammonite: chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid

Words from the Invisible Man

Acquiescence: agreement or constent by silence or without objection. He acquiescene to his boss' demands.

Sovereigns: being above all others in character. The boss was sovereigns in his company.

Impenetrable: Something that can't be entered. It was an impenetrable mystery.

Germinate: To begin grow or develop. The plant will probably germinate tomorrow.

Dilettante: A lover of an art or science. The Invisible Man was very dilettante.

Fatuity: Something that is silly or stupid.

Crepitation: To make a cracking sound.

Hitler's painting

Sketches made by Adolf Hitler were sold for 500,000 LT in a British auction, Lostwithiel. This collection contained 21 paintings which he drew during the World War I as a soldier. Those paintings were found after 60 years in a house in Belgium.

The invisible man

Advanteges :
-He could steel things from other people
-He can be somewhere, where he is not suppoed to
-He can be famous as the invisible man
-He can kill someone becasue no one will find who it actually was
Disadvantages :
-He doesn't have any relationship
-No close friends, No family (No life, really)
-Can't be really taken to a normal society
-If he dies no one will care becasue no one will know
-If he injures himself, no one can fix it because no one can actually see him!!

My finished essay

The LP by U2 - "War"

War was the third LP released by U2. It came out in March 1983, and it showed them as a mainstream band when it entered the British music chart at number one. The album discusses the signs of spiritual and religious influences on “War.” “The ability to use a range of powerful images, taking a song initially about sectarian anger, and turn it into a call for Christians to unite and claim victory over death and evil.” This message is shown by three main points: the songs and their lyrics, the cover, and the music and its sounds.
The lyrics in this album are very interesting because all of them show different influences on war. The album contains 10 songs which contain anger, passion and despair. The starting of this album has a strong song called "Sunday bloody Sunday." It’s about the conflicts in Northern Ireland, 1972. The song “seconds” is based on young boys leaving home to the war and about the rise and fall of revolutions. The song goes, “It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye.” The fourth song of this album is a bit of departure from the other tracks in War, as it is quiet, atmospheric song. It talks about someone who is rescuing other person from his life problems. The third and the fifth songs of this album talk about the end of the war and how everyone is excited that it’s over. The last song ‘40’ was used for several years as the closing song of all U2 concerts. The words “How long to this song” were each night sung by the fans while they were leaving the show.
The cover of this album symbolized how the band had moved on. It shows an aggressive picture of Peter Rowan, the same child shown on their first album called “Boy,” only now he is older. It describes how the boy is no longer innocent as he was before. The same producers of this album used Peter Rowan in another U2 album called “The best of 1980 – 1990” and created the similar emotional intensity that comes from the child’s expression. The back cover shows the total opposite of war. The producers used colored paper; the symbolism of this is more peaceful than anger and despair.
The feeling of this LP was totally different from the two albums that had gone before. They used raw guitars, pulsating drums and bass from Adam. All of them were combined together which gives us the idea that we can hear this in all the songs of this LP. The sound of most of the songs could be described as the sadness of war and disaster. In the songs “Red light” and “Surrender” they used a guest who played the back vocals. This was the first time when U2 used a guest on their records.
The music discusses the signs of spiritual and religious influences on "war". They used passion and despair in their lyrics and music sounds. The album "War" is one of the best albums that came out around the year 1980. They even achieved the first place on British music charts. By now U2 has around 25 albums and "war" could be still placed in the first three albums.

U2 - "War"

We were writing an essay about our favourite album and I finishe today. It talks about our impression of the album and the songs' lyrics. It was an interesting essay to write!! My favourite song on the album is "Sunday Bloody Sunday." And I learned that you have to put a period before the quotes not after :-))