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‘Next generation’ Pentagon press corps features mostly right-wing outlets

The Defense Department has reveals a “next generation” of the Pentagon press corps that includes mostly right-wing outlets.

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More than 60 journalists, “representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists,” have signed the Pentagon’s restrictive media access policy and will join 26 journalists from 18 outlets who already had building access and agreed to the new rules, according to chief spokesperson Sean Parnell.

The announcement comes after the mass exodus of legacy outlets from the building who refused to sign the new media rules, under which journalists could be deemed a vague “security or safety risk” should they ask DOD personnel for information deemed

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