NPR - New reporters now hold Pentagon press passes after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed news organizations that they had to sign off on a new policy for covering the military by the middle of last week. Hegseth rolled out the policy a few weeks ago, asking reporters to sign a document stating that they are not entitled to broadcast, print or ask for information the Pentagon hasn’t authorized for release. In response, nearly all the journalists decided to turn in their media passes instead.
Hegseth said that Pentagon reporters were wandering around everywhere within the building, which NPR’s David Folkenflik says is not true. This policy change means that the American people’s knowledge of the military will be what Hegseth and company want them to know and nothing else, Folkenflik says.
NPR’s Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years but decided to turn it in due to the new media guidance. Read why.
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