WASHINGTON — Major media outlets are lining up to reject a document from the Defense Department outlining policies for journalists covering the Pentagon, including new standards for where reporters can go in the building and the information they can seek.
What You Need To Know • Major media outlets are lining up to reject a document from the Defense Department outlining policies for journalists covering the Pentagon, including new standards for where reporters can go in the building and the information they can seek • On Tuesday, five of the nation’s top broadcast networks banded together to rebuff the pledge, arguing in a joint statement that it “threatens core journalistic protections” and vowing to continue covering the U.S. military even if access is revoked • The joint declarat