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American news coverage of the Tet Offensive in 1968 is considered by some to be the deciding factor, and images of the type censored from previous wars were seen on television sets as Americans ate their dinner. Ironically, the Viet Cong were practically wiped out in the Tet Offensive, and North Vietnam considered it to be their worst military failure, but the American public was horrified, and many became convinced that the war was either unwinnable or not worth winning. Bombings of Cambodia and Laos in the early 70's intensified this sentiment, as the US seemingly resorted to air power as compensation for a lack of success on the ground.

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Respected CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite reported from the streets of Hue, South Vietnam immediately after the February, 1968 TET offensive, giving Americans at home the impression that the U.S. forces were defeated in that North Vietnamese military campaign.

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TET offensive Jan 30-Feb 23, 1968. CBS news anchor Walter Concrite reported from the streets of Hue city after 3 weeks of door-to-door street fighting with North Vietnamese regulars.

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