Has modern news networks caused anti-war movement?

[Marshal Murat]

Today, I realized why there has been such strong anti-war movements across the globe (namely America) since Vietnam,
The news network.
ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc.
They have all brought riveting details of the war home, from the bombings of Iraq, Vietnam, and otherwise.

During the American Civil War, the only news was from the newspapers. During that time, the only negative anti-war causes was the Southern sucess in the East. Otherwise, the Union had support against the Confederates.

During the Spanish American war, the newspapers filled with accounts of the Maine Explosion cause Americans to fight against the Spanish.

World War I, newspapers told us of the Lusitania, and we fought against the Germans, despite their warnings in the newspapers.

World War II, we stood behind our boys after Pearl Harbor, after the losses on D-Day, Coral Sea, and more

The Maine explosion, Lusitania sinking, and numerous other cataylst for war in years gone by caused outrage among Americans, and spurred them to war against a foe.

Yet the hijacking and destruction of the Twin Towers and Pentagon, a tragedy of great magnitude, caused by designated terrorists, caused great outpouring of national emotion.
Even after what the terrorist did four years ago, Americans rally against the Army, Navy, Marines, and other armed forces, for fighting in Iraq, and Afghanistan.
For the deaths of those serving in our forces, more people want to leave Iraq. 2000 is close to the current casualty list.

That many could be killed in one battle during World War II, and we still held firm against the Nazis!
That many could be lost in a week during WWI, yet we held firm against the Kasier.

All this can be blamed on the News Networks. If the same coverage had been applied to WWI, the President would have been assasinated by now for this "fiasco" in Europe.

I'm not saying that reporting of war is bad, its just that they spin the war in such a light, that every war America fought would be drowned in critisicm over actions, and otherwise.

Basically what I'm saying is
The past wars of America's history, were all based on shaky evidence, clear warnings, and less loss of life, we have declared wars, and shaped the globe.

Then after thousands lose their lives in one day, and our nation is attacked on our soil, and we have never had a stronger base for war, people are going
"We should leave" and anti-war because of 2000 casualties, a relatively small loss in any previous war!

(Try to understand this rant about news coverage and the negative effect on warmaking, if someone would like to explain it better do so.)