Pentagon unveils its assault on speech with demand journalists sign pledge to only gather expressly authorized info

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Scott Nover @ScottNover
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/19/pentagon-hegseth-press-unauthorized-material/


Scott Nover @ScottNover 16h
Katie Fallow from @knightcolumbia said the new policy is part of “the Trump administration’s broader assault on free speech and press freedom.”

“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” she said.

Here's one part of the policy document that raised eyebrows.



Scott Nover @ScottNover 14h
“If the news about our military must first be approved by the government, then the public is no longer getting independent reporting,” said @MikeBalsamo1, the organization’s president. “It is getting only what officials want them to see. That should alarm every American.”



Scott Nover @ScottNover 14h
An ominous sight in the Pentagon today.