Journalists relinquish Pentagon press passes amid new access restrictions
TL;DR
Dozens of journalists left the Pentagon in protest against new government-imposed reporting restrictions, which they and many news organizations oppose, asserting they hinder press freedom. Despite the exit, reporters plan to continue covering military affairs from outside the Pentagon, criticizing the rules as an attempt to control information and limit journalistic independence.
- Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules AP News
- Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass NPR
- Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move CNN
- Major media outlets, including Hegseth��s former employer Fox News, decline to sign new Pentagon reporting rules Politico
- Hegseth’s legal fixer at the center of Pentagon’s new media restrictions The Washington Post
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