Why I'm Handing in My Pentagon Press Pass

Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Pentagon Press Association Urges Defense Department to Reconsider Restrictive Press Policies: ‘No Need for This Battle’

The Pentagon Press Association, the group that represents reporters who cover the Department of Defense, asked the agency Monday to reconsider its demand that reporters acknowledge a new policy that would penalize those who solicit information from military officials, arguing it would “appear to violate the First Amendment.” “This Wednesday, most Pentagon Press Association members seem likely to hand over their badges rather than acknowledge a p…

NPR’s Tom Bowman Surrenders Pentagon Credentials Over Hegseth’s Press Limits

In a move that underscores growing tensions between the U.S. military establishment and the free press, NPR’s veteran Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman announced he is surrendering his press credentials after 28 years on the beat. Bowman, in an opinion piece published by NPR, described the Defense Department’s new media policy as an insurmountable barrier to genuine journalism, one that forces reporters to accept official narratives without ques…

Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass - TPR: The Public's Radio

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. The post Opinion: Why I’m handing in my Pentagon press pass appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.