Although by April 4 many newspapers had begun to question the validity of the report, The Chicago Daily Times, Detroit Free Press, New York Daily Tribune, New York Times, and Boston Herald, among others, continued to feed the rumors with further stories for another month, many of them accusing the Army and the Johnson Administration of covering up the massacre.
Meski dari tanggal 4 April banyak surat kabar mulai mempertanyakan validitas laporan itu, Chicago Daily Times, Detroit Free Press, New York Daily Tribune, New York Times, dan Boston Herald, di antara lainnya, terus menyebarkan gosip itu dengan cerita tambahan selama beberapa bulan ke depan, banyak yang menyalahkan US Army dan Pemerintahan Johnson yang menutup-nutupi pembantaian itu.