Why Australian War Correspondents Embedded for Months — While U.S. Journalists Stayed Only Days

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During the Vietnam War, war correspondents from Australia often embedded with military units for months at a time, living, moving, and fighting alongside soldiers.

American journalists, by contrast, were typically rotated through combat zones for short assignments, often lasting only days.

This wasn’t a matter of courage — it was a difference in journalistic doctrine, military access, and editorial philosophy.

Australian media believed long-term embedding produced context, trust, and accuracy, allowing reporters to understand patrol rhythms, unit culture, and the true cost of combat.

U.S. networks prioritized speed, turnover, and headline-driven coverage, shaped by logistics, audience scale, and political pressure.

This video explores how these two approaches created very different narratives of the same war — and why those differences still matter today.

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