The US Department of Defense is now calling on accredited journalists to approve the publication of any information itself, or not, because they would otherwise lose their access to the Pentagon, a change characterized by an important journalistic “attack”.
These new conditions, which were announced yesterday, Friday, in the evening for stakeholders, are a new struggle in the battle by Donald Trump and his government against the traditional press, which they accuse of being favorable to them.
Information from the Ministry of Defense “must be approved to be publicized by an official who is responsible for approved, and this before the publication and even if the information is not graded,” the new document said.
The prediction thus appears to include information collected by journalists through internal sources, in addition to official communication channels.
The non -respect for this rule explicitly states that it is a reason for the removal of accreditation.
“The Pentagon is now calling on reporters to sign a commitment that they will not receive information, even if they are not classified unless this has been explicitly approved by the government,” the Washington National Press Club summarized.
“This is an immediate attack on independent journalism, and even where an independent look is of the most important: the US Army,” is added to the text, signed by Union President Mike Balsamo, who asks the Pentagon to re -examine this requirement.
Pitt Hegschez, head of the “Ministry of War”, according to the name that the US president wants, was defended yesterday, on his part, another provision of this new accreditation form.
“The guy is no longer permitted to wander around the corridors of a facility in which security day is valid. Let’s bring your signal and follow the rules – or go home, “he wrote on X.
Already after he arrived at the Pentagon at the beginning of the year, he had removed the offices that had the big, rather progressive media to give them to the media that were more right.
Source :Skai
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