Pentagon bans its own publication from attending Pete Hegseth's morning press conference
Source: Independent
“Stars and Stripes was not approved by the Pentagon to attend this press conference. I will be watching it on a screen instead,” Matthew Adams, a reporter at the outlet, said in a post on social media. “Seems a bit odd since the Pentagon published a memo with changes to the newspaper, including content overhaul.”
The memo referenced by Adams was a Pentagon missive detailing "new restrictions on content" in the publication that includes a requirement that the outlet abide by "good order and discipline," which is presumably defined by the Department of Defense.
Kevin Baron, another Stars and Stripes reporter, was similarly shocked by the development and noted that the publication was set up to have editorial independence, not to be a mouthpiece for the Pentagon.
"The Pentagon blackballed its own newspaper from covering its own press conference? Reminder, Stars & Stripes employees are US Army civilians," he wrote. "Their editorial independence is protected by Congress specifically to prevent political leaders from feeding troops propaganda.”
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