US EditionTrump Defends Hegseth on Pentagon Press Restrictions
- On Tuesday, US and international outlets including The New York Times, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Fox News declined to sign The Pentagon's new press rules and face credential loss.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed an `In-Brief for Media Members` agreement after a late Friday memo demanding signatures or surrender of access, requiring reporters to restrict sharing military information and forbidding tip solicitation or photographing inside the Pentagon.
- The Pentagon has moved to restrict where reporters can go, require official escorts outside limited areas, remove some from long-established working spaces, and hold roughly half a dozen Defense Department briefings this year.
- News organizations including the Associated Press said they will continue covering the military despite losing Pentagon access, while the Pentagon Press Association warned reporters may surrender Pentagon access badges and only One America News Network said it would follow the new rules.
- Critics warned the rules could criminalize newsgathering like the Julian Assange case and cut the American public off from reporting on military sexual assault, corruption, and waste.
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Questions are being raised about Pete Hegseth’s personal attorney, who serves double duty with a private law practice and as a counsel to the embattled defense secretary within the Pentagon.According to a report from the Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe, attorney Tim Parlatore, who represented Hegseth when he was accused of sexual assault which resulted in a $50,000 payout, joined Hegseth’s staff in March after being commissioned as an officer in t…
Major U.S. News Networks Reject Pentagon’s New Press Policy
CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News have jointly refused to sign the Pentagon’s new press policy, calling it a threat to press freedom. In a joint… The post Major U.S. News Networks Reject Pentagon’s New Press Policy appeared first on .
Donald Trump is tightening his course against the press, but major US media refuses to accept the new Pentagon guidelines.
New Pentagon reporting rules introduced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which impose a number of restrictions, have been widely rejected by US media organizations, including Fox News, where Hegseth once worked.
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