The New York Times Files New Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Press Escort Policy
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon over a new press escort policy. The policy requires journalists to have an official escort to access certain areas, which the Times argues restricts their ability to gather information. This lawsuit follows a previous ruling that deemed other press restrictions unconstitutional, yet the Pentagon continues to enforce the new guidelines while appealing the decision.
- ▪The New York Times is challenging a Pentagon policy that mandates press escorts for journalists.
- ▪The lawsuit claims the policy is retaliatory and hinders journalists' ability to ask questions and gather information.
- ▪The Times argues that the new policy deviates from decades of tradition allowing unescorted access in unsecured areas.
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NYT The New York Times filed a new lawsuit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth, this time challenging a policy that requires credentialed journalists to have an official escort when inside the Pentagon. In the lawsuit, the Times’ attorneys wrote that the purpose of the policy “is to restrict journalists’ ability to do what they have always done: ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” In March, shortly after a federal judge ruled that a previous set of Hegseth’s press restrictions were unconstitutional, the Pentagon implemented a new set of interim guidelines, including the one requiring press escorts.
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