The Pentagon’s rewritten credentialing policy hasn’t ended the standoff with journalists.
Press advocates say the revised rules still chill newsgathering and could further isolate reporters, even as officials insist the changes merely clarify security procedures.
Two journalists with longstanding Pentagon access have become the first known reporters to publicly reject the Department of War’s new media pledge, telling me they will not sign it, a significant escalation in response to a policy that, until now, had been widely criticized but not openly defied. An editor at a D.C.-based trade publication, […]