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#Journalists turn in access badges, exit #Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Dozens of #reporters turned in access badges & exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the #US #military further from the seat of its #power.

#Trump #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange replied · 6 days ago

@Nonilex @drwho This is what The Resistance looks like ✊

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 days ago

News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth that would leave #journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by #Hegseth for release.

#Trump #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 days ago

Many of the reporters waited to leave together at a 4PM deadline set by the #Defense Dept to get out of the building. As the hour approached, boxes of documents lined a #Pentagon corridor & reporters carried chairs, a copying machine, books & old photos to the parking lot from suddenly abandoned workspaces. Shortly after 4, about 40 to 50 #journalists left together after handing in badges.

#Trump #law #US #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 days ago

“It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the #PressCorps that we stuck together,” said Nancy Youssef, a reporter for #TheAtlantic who has had a desk at the #Pentagon since 2007. She took a map of the Middle East out to her car.

It is unclear what practical impact the new rules will have, though news organizations vowed they’d continue robust coverage of the #military no matter the vantage point.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #autocracy #tyranny

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 7 days ago

…Reporters effectively demonstrating against barriers to their work are unlikely to move #Trump supporters, many of whom resent #journalists & cheer his efforts to make their jobs harder. Trump has been involved in #court fights against NYT, CBS News, ABC News, WSJ & AP in the past year.

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump backed his #defense secy’s new rules. “I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace,” Trump said. “The press is very dishonest.”

#law #FreePress

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