Pentagon's Defence of an Undeclared War

As Operation Epic Fury enters its third week, Pentagon restrictions on press access raise questions about transparency in wartime.

The Daily Perspective

Via #DailyBeast @ 4:26pm ET on Oct 19, 2025

A #NationalSecurity reporter at #RightWing outlet #TheEpochTimes has resigned after the publication became one of the few to sign on to new #Pentagon guidelines that largely restrict #PressAccess. #AndrewThornebrooke resigned Friday, after The Epoch Times became one of just three U.S.-based outlets to agree to the measures imposed by #PeteHegseth’s #DepartmentOfDefense, The #NewYorkTimes reported.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseths-rules-drive-right-wing-epoch-times-reporter-andrew-thornebrooke-to-resign/

Pentagon Pete’s Rules Drive Right-Wing Reporter to Resign

A reporter at The Epoch Times said his employer chose to repeat “state narratives.”

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Fox "news", which once employed Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth, is joining other MAJOR outlets in rejecting the #Pentagon ’s NEWLY proposed RESTRICTIONS on #PressAccess and reporting. #JohnIadarola and #BrettErlich break it down on @thedamagereport.bsky.social youtu.be/P26Wz0W7f5k?...

Fox News ABANDONS Hegseth As P...
Fox News ABANDONS Hegseth As Press Revolt Gets Worse

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Multiple news outlets say they won't sign new Pentagon rules on access

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press rules. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's team has said that reporters who don't sign onto their new rules will be thrown out of the Pentagon on Wednesday if they don't agree. The new rules declare large swaths of the Pentagon off-limits to reporters and declares that journalists who report information not formally approved by Hegseth's team risk getting their access revoked. The Pentagon says the rules are “common sense.” Journalists say they punish routine newsgathering.

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