The Pentagon Press Corps Is Gone. --- Columbia Journalism Review [View all]

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https://www.cjr.org/news/the-pentagon-press-corps-is-gone.php

Brilliant!

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demand that members of the Pentagon press corps sign on to restrictive reporting guidelines has prompted a mass exodus. Nearly all the journalists who had desks in the Pentagon pressroom have declined to sign, and left the building in a joint protest on Wednesday afternoon.

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A joint statement issued Tuesday by NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News said the new policy is “without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections.”

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,” the networks said.

In addition to Fox, right-leaning outlets like the Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal refused to sign the pledge. Newsmax claimed that “the requirements are unnecessary and onerous.” So far, the only outlet known to have signed is One America News Network.