Session #94 · 1975–77

Speech #940077969

In the past we watched as the media decided to reject every man. woman and child in South Vietnam. Yet. in the last few months we have seen quite a change in the medias attitude toward the South Vietnamese people. When the bloodbath came. we were suddently reminded that if we reject the refugees. the blood will be on our hands. In referring to this. Mrs. Luce says: Never In American history has the media reached such depths of highminded hypocrisy. Mr. President. it is correct to say that the rejection of the refugees would indeed be a moral disaster. And it would be a disaster the media has a share in. Mrs. Luces article brings us an important message about our own attitudes. both toward the war in Vietnam and the Vietnamese refugees. For this reason. Mr.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
BARRY GOLDWATER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AZ
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
940077969
Paragraph
#1
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