Pentagon Tightens Media Restrictions Amid Leak Concerns
TL;DR
Unnamed Pentagon officials criticize new policies that restrict press access and control information, viewing them as an assault on journalistic independence and transparency, with some comparing them to repressive regimes. The policies include strict reporting restrictions and credential revocations, raising concerns about censorship and the suppression of government accountability.
- Unnamed Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks The Intercept
- Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon NPR
- ‘Nothing stops reporters’: Trump talks down Pentagon restrictions on journalists The Guardian
- Pentagon steps up media restrictions, now requiring approval before reporting even unclassified info AP News
- Press could lose Pentagon access for releasing 'unauthorised information' BBC
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