Popular Culture Review Vol. 8, No. 2, August 1997 | Page 128

124 Popular Culture Review Reporters labelled the Korean conflict as censorship with no war, and then called Viet Nam the war with no censorship. Film was the primary medium of coverage in these battles, which was known to the public as "the living room war." The carnage was brought into America's homes on the evening television newscasts, which became the public's primary source of information in the mid 1960s. Although these full color depictions of war and its accompanying gore were quite graphic, they were delayed by at least 24 hours for technical and transportation reasons. It was not until the recent Persian Gulf hostilities that the horrors of war were brought in real time to over 100 countries and millions of viewers, and this war has brought more unprecedented events into American homes. The first two reports of intense aerial activity came from ABC radio's Jon Bascom in Saudi Arabia and ABC-TV's Gary Shepard in Baghdad. The reporters were, in effect, declaring the war had begun. The Christian 66