Severity 4 — Severe📺 media15 October 2025

Pentagon Press Restrictions — Newsrooms Surrender Credentials Rather Than Sign

New Pentagon press rules required journalists to pledge not to solicit any information — classified or not — from Defense Department employees without prior approval, on pain of losing their credentials. Nearly every major US news organisation, from Fox News to The New York Times, refused to sign and surrendered their Pentagon press badges rather than comply. A federal judge later ruled the policy unconstitutional and ordered credentials restored, at least for the outlet that sued.

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CNN — Journalists Turn in Press Passes as Pentagon Clamps Down on Access

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