Most of the reporters disregarded the message, since the Buddhist crisis had at that point been going on for more than a month, and the next day only a few journalists turned up, including David Halberstam of The New York Times and Malcolm Browne, the Saigon bureau chief for the Associated Press.
Sebagian besar wartawan mengabaikan pesan tersebut karena krisis Buddha telah berlangsung selama lebih dari sebulan, dan hari berikutnya hanya beberapa jurnalis yang muncul, seperti David Halberstam dari The New York Times dan Malcolm Browne, kepala biro Associated Press Saigon.