NYT, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

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New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon rules

By David Bauder The Associated Press
News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon.

Those outlets say the policy threatens to punish them for routine news gathering protected by the First Amendment. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and Reuters on Monday also publicly joined the group that says it will not be signing.

“Reuters is bound by its commitment to accurate, impartial and independent news,” the agency said in a statement. “We also steadfastly believe in the press protections afforded by the U.S. Constitution, the unrestricted flow of information and journalism that serves the public interest without fear or favour. The Pentagon’s new restrictions erode these fundamental values.”
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Noting that taxpayers pay nearly $1 trillion annually to the U.S. military, Times Washington bureau chief Richard Stevenson said “the public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.”
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more:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/new-york-times-ap-newsmax-among-news-outlets-who-say-they-wont-sign-new-pentagon/article_2df6df6c-3561-5c45-ac88-0d1fd7b1430e.html

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1. Hilarious about Newsmax.

That's a pretty good fuck you to Trump.