Reporters leave Pentagon en masse
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Roughly 15 reporters from a handful of outlets have agreed to Secretary Pete Hegseth's policies, according to The Washington Post.
Reporters at the Pentagon surrendered their press passes in protest on Oct. 15 after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave them an unprecedented ultimatum
Starting on Wednesday, all but one media outlet that regularly covers the Department of Defense is set to lose access to the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that reporters agree
In a statement released on Tuesday, officials at ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN and the Fox News Channel said they would not sign the new policy as directed by Secretary of Defense (Secretary of War) Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality.
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Only One Media Outlet Has Agreed to Trump Admin’s Pentagon Press Restrictions: ‘Happy to Follow These Reasonable Conditions’
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hasn't had much success in getting media organizations to agree to the Pentagon's new reporting terms.
Media outlets ranging from The Atlantic to CNN to Newsmax have so far said that they do not plan for their correspondents to sign a new Pentagon press policy, arguing that it attempts to threaten access to the complex unless reporters agree to restrictions on how they have normally done their jobs.
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Pentagon pressures the media, but outlets on the left and right refuse to sign on to new rules
The new policy includes new restrictions such as the prohibition of journalists to publish any DOD information unless it is 'approved for public release.'
Dozens of news organizations have refused to accept Pentagon's new press policy, saying it amounts to a crackdown on the media.
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