News stories show that reporters may have left the Pentagon, but they haven't stopped working
(AP) Two days after dozens of journalists left their desks at the Pentagon behind rather than agree to government-imposed rules on how they report about the U.S. military, it’s apparent they haven’t stopped working.
Reporters have relied on sources to break and add nuance to stories about U.S. attacks in the Caribbean on boats suspected of being involved in the drug trade, as well as military leadership in the region.
This comes as many are still navigating how their jobs will change — where will they work? who will talk with them? — brought on by the dispute. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded reporters relinquish their Pentagon workspaces if they didn’t acknowledge rules the journalists say would punish them for reporting on anything beyond what he wants them to say.
The Pentagon has characterized the changes as “common sense” and accused journalists of mischaracterizing them.
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