Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:ags@CS-Mordred.UUCP (12/15/83)
-------- > I only watched one episode out of the series, but I also found that > episode extremely biased in favor of the North (i.e. - AntiAmerican; > "Look at the horrible things the Americans came in and did to us and > our Country"). > Granted, I am not a big fan what happened in Vietnam, but you have to > admit this show seems to be pretty opinionated. -------- Now that 12 of the 13 episodes have been aired, I would like to say that the series as a whole has been quite well balanced. One particular episode (evidently the one that prompted the above comment) was entitled "America's Enemy" -- a look at the war from the North Vietnamese point of view. Anyone who saw ONLY that episode and who was not paying attention to the stated purpose of that week's program might conclude that the whole series is biased. He would be wrong. Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-k:ags
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (12/19/83)
As regards the PBS Vietnam Series, as one netter has already said, the speakers from the North were reading from prepared texts while the speakers from the South were not. Now don't start flaming all over the place, I have seen every episode so far with my 13 year old. His unsolicited observations are that the show is biased towards the Northern view. I just let him watch it to see his reaction, he was not prompted or led by me so that I could find out what he was observing. It is a well done program, however, it is biased slightly toward the Northern viewpoint.