US EditionJournalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
About 40 to 50 journalists rejected rules that restrict reporting on unapproved information and turned in Pentagon badges, the Pentagon Press Association said.
- Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules that would restrict their work.
- Many news outlets rejected the new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that could lead to expulsion for reporting unapproved information.
- The Pentagon Press Association spoke out against the rules, and most major outlets, except One America News Network, instructed their reporters to leave.
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Journalists left their offices at the Pentagon on Wednesday after several American media outlets refused to sign new access rules. The news agencies Reut...
US journalists exit Pentagon in protest against new reporting rules
News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by the Defense chief that would leave journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by Hegseth for release.
Ten reporters handed out access legislation and left the building of the Pentagon on Wednesday, in protest, without accepting the restrictions imposed by the government on their activities, so that journalists reporting on the American army will no longer...
Major US news outlets vacate offices at Pentagon over new reporting restrictions
Dozens of journalists who cover the US Defence Department vacated their offices in the Pentagon and returned their credentials on Wednesday as new restrictions on press access took effect. The Defence Department had set a Tuesday deadline for news outlets to either sign a new Pentagon access policy or lose access to press credentials and Pentagon workspaces. At least 30 news organisations, including Reuters, declined to sign the new policy, citi…
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