US EditionPentagon spokesman says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices
The Pentagon will restore press credentials after a court ruled its policy violated constitutional rights but will relocate media offices offsite, reflecting ongoing tensions over press freedom.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ordered the Pentagon to reinstate press credentials for The New York Times reporters, including Julian E. Barnes, striking down media restrictions he deemed unconstitutional.
- The dispute stems from an October 15, 2025, policy requiring journalists to sign a pledge that would have surrendered editorial independence, triggering a mass walkout by reporters from major news organizations.
- In his 40-page opinion, Judge Friedman wrote that the policy constituted illegal "viewpoint discrimination" designed to remove disfavored journalists and replace them with those "on board and willing to serve."
- Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell indicated on Sunday that credentials will be restored today, Monday, while the department simultaneously pursues an immediate appeal in the D.C. Circuit.
- The Pentagon updated its media policy to require authorized personnel escort journalists during access, while the ruling sets a legal precedent rebuking administration efforts to control wartime reporting.
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Pentagon to remove media offices from building after judge strikes down rules for reporters
The Defense Department says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices from the Pentagon, after a judge ruled that the military's new rules to get access to the Pentagon were unconstitutional.
Pentagon will remove media offices after judge reinstates New York Times press credentials
The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday.An area of the Pentagon known as “Correspondents’ Corridor” that reporters have used for decades to cover the U.S. military will close immediately, department spokesperson Sean Parnell said. Journalists will eventual…
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