#white-house-access

#white-house-access

The new policy announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sparked immediate outrage from the Pentagon Press Association as an unprecedented message of intimidation, including the threat of criminal prosecution and the demand that reporters get approval from Department of Defense officials before publication. The vast majority of broadcast and cable news networks including conservative ones like Fox News and Newsmax voiced strong opposition to the new policy, issuing a statement that it was without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections