Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.
Major media organisations, including conservative outlets, say the Pentagon is placing unlawful restrictions on journalists and their ability to cover the US military under a new set of reporting guidelines.
The guidelines were first announced in a September memo from the Department of Defense, and said that reporters must sign an affidavit pledging they would not publish unauthorised material – including unclassified documents – to keep their Pentagon press credentials.
Following pushback from the media, the wording was modified last week to say that reporters must simply…more
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