The Australian agrees to new Pentagon press rules, according to US reports
News Corp Australian It is one of 11 global news organizations to accept the Pentagon’s new press rules, which have led all major news organizations, including Murdoch’s Fox News, to surrender their passes, according to US media reports.
A journalist from the paper agreed to the new rules and maintained access to the Pentagon Press Corps. Washington Post and released on X by open source OSINT Defender.
The decision to follow the rules goes against the vast majority of major news organisations, including News Corp outlets that deliver the passes.
While major news organizations packed up and left the Pentagon this week, the Australian opted to maintain its access.Credit: access point
Australian This is joined by a number of other global outlets, including the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency. Evening And Federalist, along with far-right publications One America News Network And Epoch Times.
AustralianMichelle Gunn, editor-in-chief of , was approached for comment but could not be reached. A News Corp spokesman has also been contacted for comment.
The newly renamed US War Department this week required journalists to sign a new document stipulating that they cannot request information that is not expressly authorized to be released by the Pentagon; this was a move that was widely criticized for its restrictions on journalists’ freedom of the press, which could lead to heavy penalties.
This week major US television networks, including Fox, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC, issued a rare joint statement opposing the new rules and saying their reporters would not sign up.
“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in refusing to accept the Pentagon’s new requirements that would restrict the ability of journalists to inform the country and the world on important national security issues,” they said.
Calling this move by former Fox News host and now Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “unprecedented,” media outlets said the new policy threatens basic journalist protections.
