Undeterred by a federal judge’s recent rebuke, the Pentagon has announced another set of restrictions on the press corps that regularly covers the US military.
The changes will further reduce day-to-day press access, ultimately eroding the public’s understanding of what the military is doing.
Under the new rules, announced Monday, the “Correspondents’ Corridor” inside the Pentagon building — where journalists have worked for decades — has been shut down. The Pentagon says replacement workspace will be set up at a faraway “annex” location at some point.
Some longtime Pentagon reporters immediately suggested that the changes were retaliatory, coming three days after The New
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