US EditionNew Pentagon Policy Is Terrible — MAGA Media Is Right to Oppose It
Major media outlets, including NPR and The New York Times, reject restrictions they say threaten press freedom and bar unapproved Pentagon information, risking legal battles, officials said.
- On Tuesday, NPR Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman said he is returning his Pentagon press pass as NPR refuses to sign the new policy under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- The Pentagon's new rules bar reporters from soliciting unapproved nonpublic information and prevent questions on Pentagon grounds, which critics say threatens core journalistic protections.
- Across the media landscape, news organizations from across the political spectrum united to oppose the restrictions, with ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC jointly declining the Pentagon's new requirements on Tuesday.
- With few signatories, One America News is the only outlet to sign the policy, and litigation seems likely as the dispute heads to U.S. courts while the Pentagon Press Association denies responsibility.
- Looking at the stakes, starting Wednesday, for the first time since the Pentagon opened in 1943, there may be no major news outlets accredited to cover the department spending nearly $1 trillion of taxpayer money.
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New Pentagon policy is terrible — MAGA media is right to oppose it
No one is happy about the Pentagon’s new press policy. Earlier this week, media outlets spanning the political spectrum almost universally declined to sign on to a memorandum issued by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that would require defense reporters to promise they will not seek to obtained unauthorized information. “Information must be approved for…
Rachel Maddow Applauds Pentagon Journalists for Refusing Trump’s Press Policies: ‘News Orgs Have Realized It’s Really Embarrassing to Cave’
Dozens of major news organizations have refused to sign President Donald Trump’s restrictive Pentagon press policies, leading veteran journalists to turn in their press badges, a move MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called “incredibly inspiring.” Journalists from New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, the Atlantic, the Associated Press, Reuters, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, NPR, PBS and Newsmax all objected to the guidelines, which would h…
Five Major Broadcast Outlets Refuse to Sign Pentagon’s New Press Policy
Five major broadcast news outlets have refused to sign the Pentagon’s new press policy by yesterday’s deadline. The policy states that media outlets and reporters cannot obtain any information that the Pentagon does not explicitly authorize. Fox News, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s former employer, stated that they will not sign on to the new press policy. In a joint statement, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN and Fox News all said, “We join v
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Press Agencies Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Policy En Masse
Source: Anadolu / Getty A new policy put forth by the Pentagon requiring advance clearance of any releases from press outlets to only release official information concerning their affairs is meeting resistance, as the majority are refusing to let their correspondents sign. These outlets include the New York Times, NPR, the Washington Post, as well as right-leaning outlet NewsMax. On Monday (Oct. 13), Newsmax issued a statement. “Newsmax has no …
Business Insider declines to sign Pentagon document
Business InsiderStatement from Jamie Heller, Editor in Chief of Business Insider:Business Insider, in line with most other news outlets, has declined to sign a Pentagon document that would undermine the press freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment. Independent, fact-based reporting is essential to our democracy, and we will continue to deliver that for our audience.Follow Business Insider's coverage of warfare, strategy, and military tech her…
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