US EditionCPJ Urges Pentagon to Reconsider New Press Access Restrictions - Committee to Protect Journalists
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News organizations refuse to sign Pentagon access order
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. military. (Public domain image) The New York Times on Friday became the latest news organization to refuse a new mandate by the U.S. military aimed at curbing reports on sensitive materials and classified information. In a statement released Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the New York Times said it would not sign the revised Pentagon press pass policy, “which threatens to punish (reporters) for …
CPJ urges Pentagon to reconsider new press access restrictions - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Pentagon to reconsider new restrictions on journalists covering the Department of War in a letter sent Friday to the United States Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs. The Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs announced new policies and procedures to restrict media access within the Pentagon building and require new press badges in a September 18 int…
EFE.- The New York Times refused this Friday to sign a document proposed by the U.S. Department of War that prevents the media from publishing unauthorized information if they wish to access its facilities. “The New York Times journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s revised policy on press accreditations, which threatens to punish them for the usual collection of news protected by the First Amendment,” said Richard Stevenson, chief of the Washi…
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