The Media

Like with the military reports, early media coverage on the event was limited and did not cover all of the details, such as the number of noncombatant deaths. Several leaks occurred after the event due to the interviews from Calley and his court marshall/charges. Many reporters tried to uncover the true facts about the case. Some were turned down and others didn't publish the story because of the Army's order. 

On November 28th and December 5th, 1969, Time Magazine and Life Magazine brought the My Lai Massacre to the public. These two magazine broke through all of the coverups and censorship. 

There were many television documentaries and films made to spread awareness of the event. 

Interviews with My lai Veterans is a great example of these documentaries:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klx4TB33BRU 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDAd8i7dAWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxHIT0rsr0

These most of these films aired on television and all of the photographs taken by Ronald Haeberle were released.