Pentagon Press Corps Exodus
The Pentagon press corps is gone, with reporters from major news outlets returning their government-issued press badges rather than accepting new restrictions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's demand for members of the Pentagon press corps to sign restrictive reporting guidelines has prompted a mass exodus, with nearly all journalists declining to sign and leaving the building in a joint protest.
It's like college move-out day
a reporter from an independent outlet described the scene, noting that some reporters have been sitting there for twenty years. It's pretty depressing.
Sign up for The Media Today, CJR's daily newsletter, for more on this story.
Author's summary: Pentagon press corps leaves due to restrictive guidelines.
- Nearly all journalists declined to sign the new guidelines
- Mass exodus from the Pentagon pressroom
- Reporters returned their government-issued press badges
More News
- Knicks’ harsh Mitchell Robinson reality could open the door for a surprise breakout
- Texas faces heightened wildfire threat amid ongoing drought
- Columbia Blacktails Are the Toughest Deer to Hunt
- Armenian Ambassador Lauds Ethiopia's Transformative Economic Reform, Corridor Dev’t
- Party is on verge of ‘a historic breakthrough’ says Scottish Lib Dem leader
- Oklahoma student says staff 'threat' after Charlie Kirk tribute won't silence him - FOX 24 WTAT
- Trump commutes George Santos' prison sentence out of pity: "Horribly mistreated!"
- Adams, Ejuke Fail To Help Sevilla Close Gap On Madrid After Defeat To Mallorca
- Events this weekend (Oct. 17–19)