As Pentagon reporters packed up their boxes last October and turned in their press badges, one expressed concern about how quickly journalists would be able to obtain key information if the United States became embroiled in an international conflict. Basic facts — the number of airstrikes and deaths —are paramount. Or as the reporter put: “No spin, no bulls–t.”
The exodus of news outlets that rejected the Pentagon’s press restrictions last fall returned to the forefront following the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and the start of an escalating war in the Middle East. President Donald Trump announced the large-scale military operation in a video on Truth Social…
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