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As Vietnam was dubbed by some the "living room war" or the "television war", so accurately describes civilian understanding on this war. In the time of Vietnam, Americans relied equally on newspapers as they did on television as a news source. When the CBS commentary with Morley Safer aired in 1965 showing the thatched roofs of Cam Ne being lit on fire by Marines with Zippo lighters, all hell broke loose among the American viewers. Americans who envisioned war as something more civil were exposed to the ugly reality of combat, and morale was declining.
The prevalent social climate in 1969 when Easy Rider came out was one of general disgust over the war. People were tired of seeing it on television all the time, and in spite of the claims that the burning of the villages were necessary courses of action, the thread of doubt had begun.
The changing social climate of portraying the war truthfully helped break the ground for movies to become more realistic......

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