Their big controversial opinion was that the stupidest and most pointless war in US history was stupid and pointless.
RIP Tommy
Perhaps, but not being much more than comedians, they failed to properly communicate and blame the government and as such contributed to the poor treatment of returning soldiers.
And at least they were against the war when LBJ was still in the White House, as opposed to those who only climbed on the anti-war bandwagon once Nixon became President.
Yes, they had Pete Seeger on their show and he sang ‘Waist Deep in the Big Muddy’ - that was the last straw for CBS.
It is seen as stupid and pointless only because we lost imo. If we had won it, which we easily could have, most people would not see it as stupid and pointless today. It basically was won, until the Democrats, with a post-Watergate leftist Congressional majority, cut off all military aid to S. Vietnam, in order to bring about their collapse.