Originally Posted by
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
Interesting, that's certainly a divergent take. Almost every person I know who has seen the series has raved about it, and Ken Burns is pretty universally respected for his insistence on covering all angles. It currently has a 97%/95% reviewer/audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In fairness, I have a colleague -- a West Point graduate who served in a combat role in Vietnam -- who expressed the view, after the first four episodes, that he did not find Burns's work "balanced" (his word), in a way similar to how the New York Post article linked above described the imbalance it perceived. To my colleague's credit, he also readily admitted that he might well be "incapable" (also his word) of recognizing balance about that particular subject, as it (naturally) hit very close to home for him. I'm confident he is not alone in his views of Burns's documentary.
"Amazing what a minute can do."