David Halberstam on journalists and Vietnam

In his September 2004 Vanity Fair essay, Halberstam described the role of journalists in uncovering the government's deceit about the "progress" of the war in Vietnam, as well as the accusations made against such journalists and their sources. The parallels are self-evident.


FOLLOW THIS LINK for the essay excerpts, courtesy of Salon's Glenn Greenwald, April 24, 2007.