Press Freedom Meets the Pentagon, and Doesn’t Surrender

Press freedom meets the Pentagon, and doesn’t surrender

It’s safe to say the current U.S. administration has crossed a line when even Trump-toadying media outlets such as Fox News and Newsmax declare it has gone too far. That’s […]

The View applauds Fox News and Newsmax for rejecting Hegseth’s media restrictions

‘That's not journalism,’ Fox News analyst Jack Keane said on Tuesday night. ‘Journalism is going out and finding the story and getting all the facts to support it.’

Major news outlets reject Pentagon reporting rules

WASHINGTON -- US and international news outlets including The New York Times, AP, AFP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

Pete Hegseth’s attempt to gag journalism is a resounding failure

Hegseth wants journalists to only publish ‘explicitly authorized’ information. That is not how the free press worksTom Bowman of National Public Radio recalls one of the many times in his decades covering the Pentagon when the real story wasn’t the officially approved story.Then defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld was “ecstatic” after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, insisting publicly that it showed the resounding success of the US invasion of Iraq, …

Major US news outlets reject Pentagon's new press rules

Dozens of news organizations have refused to accept Pentagon's new press policy, saying it amounts to a crackdown on the media.

Major International News Outlets Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Media Rules

US and international news outlets including The New York Times, AP, AFP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.