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| Media outlets that rejected Trump Pentagon guidelines acceded to Obama-era censorship at Gitmo |
| 2025-10-27 |
| [JustTheNews] Was it worse? The Pentagon press corps was up in arms about new media guidelines proposed by Hegseth, but for years the very same outlets agreed to significantly greater restrictions on their reporting at Gitmo when under the Obama and Biden administrations. Dozens of media outlets refused to sign new Trump Pentagon press guidelines, arguing that the rules were too onerous, but many of the very same outlets previously signed Obama-Biden era media policies that were far more restrictive and censorious in order to cover the war court at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Many large outlets such as The Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, and CBS News were among those which refused to sign the Pentagon’s new media guidelines. At the same time, these outlets agreed to far more restrictive policies — including censorship — in order to cover Guantánamo Bay. Carol Rosenberg of the Times, in particular, reported at the Cuban war court for many years — and all the reporters who traveled to Gitmo were required to sign severely restrictive agreements with the military before they were allowed onto the base. Despite the opposition from news outlets to the new press guidelines instituted by the Department of Defense (now also called the Department of War), the media guidelines at Guantánamo Bay that have been in place for many years — and that have been signed by dozens of reporters — include promises by these news outlets to not publish certain sensitive information, to not interview certain subjects, to stay out of certain areas, and to allow military handlers to censor what photos and videos reporters are allowed to publish. None of the outlets immediately provided a comment to Just the News. After the filing period, the Department of War on Wednesday announced a revamped iteration of the Pentagon press corps, with Just the News signing the new media guidelines and being named a new member of the group. "We are excited to announce over 60 journalists, representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists, have signed the Pentagon’s media access policy and will be joining the new Pentagon press corps," DoW spokesman Sean Parnell stated, criticizing the outlets that “chose to self-deport from the Pentagon” rather than sign the DoW’s new guidelines. |
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