Jennifer Harper at the
Washington Times reports on a group of Vietnam veterans, historians and others
who are challenging the Ken Burns PBS series The Vietnam War.
They just aren’t comfortable
with “The Vietnam War,” the ambitious documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns, which
debuted last month with much fanfare and is still being featured on many PBS
stations. Vietnam Veterans for Factual History — a Texas-based interest group
which includes military veterans, historians and authors in its membership — is
challenging both the content and tone of the 10-episode, 18-hour epic.
“Many in the Vietnam veteran
community were deeply offended by the series. It correctly sees that war as the
origin of the current cultural polarization in American society, and the
intention was for the film to help bridge that divide. Unfortunately, its significant
factual inaccuracies, omissions, and distortions deliver a message that is very
negatively slanted against both the nation of South Vietnam and American
involvement,” the group wrote in an open letter to Mr. Burns and his
co-producer Lynn Novick, along with PBS and Bank of America, which financed the
project.
“The film portrays U.S.
support for South Vietnam as blustering, blundering jingoism and the choice of
music, graphics, and interviewees demonstrates a bias in favor of the militant
leftist anti-war cliches of the 1960s. It demonstrates a prejudice against the
more than 90 percent of U.S. Vietnam War veterans who are proud of their
Vietnam service.
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/21/inside-the-beltway-vietnam-veterans-challenge-ken-/
You can also read my
Washington Times piece on The Vietnam War series via the below link:
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