Pentagon Demands Journalists Allow Government to Vet Information
By Tony Czuczka
The US Defense Department is requiring journalists to agree to use only pre-approved information about the military or lose their credentials to cover the Pentagon, the latest Trump administration effort to shape media reporting.
The new rule — part of an updated press credentialing process presented to news organizations this week — came in a memo by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell. The memo said that journalists will be required to sign the 10-page form as a condition of receiving and holding a press pass to report on the Defense Department.
Original source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-20/pentagon-demands-journalists-allow-government-to-vet-information