 Television cameras broadcast to the nation the scenes of fire hoses knocking down schoolchildren and police dogs attacking unprotected demonstrators . Such coverage and photos were given credit for shifting international support to the protesters and making Bull Connor " the villain of the era " . President Kennedy told a group of people at the White House that The New York Times photo made him " sick " . Kennedy called the scenes " shameful " and said that they were " so much more eloquently reported by the news camera than by any number of explanatory words . " 
