"We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see"

This quote by Neil Sheehan speaks to the ethical outrage felt by journalists throughout the Vietnam War. Sheehan and his associates wanted to see the country win the war simply as much as the consultants did, and they believed that by reporting the truth, they could assist to do that. Nevertheless, the basic and the ambassador in Saigon kept denying the truth that the journalists were seeing, which caused a great deal of ethical outrage. This quote speaks with the value of fact and the power of the press to help form public opinion and produce change. It also talks to the courage of reporters who wanted to risk their lives to report the reality, even in the face of opposition from those in power.