Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s “Pentagon Pledge” has been getting a lot of attention this week as news networks have refused to sign the new stipulations. Defense reporters have been turning in their press badges as a result.
“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press,” many news networks, including Fox News, said in response.
The Pentagon wanted journalists to promise they would not publish or receive unauthorized material, along with a few other stipulations.
Now, we have a list of every network and publication that refused, as well as the one who signed.
Keep reading to find out more…
Full List of News Outlets Who Signed Pledge:
One America News Network (OANN)
Full List of News Outlets Refusing to Sign Pledge:
ABC News
AL-Monitor
Associated Press
The Atlantic
Aviation Week
Axios
Bloomberg News
Breaking Defense
C4ISRNET
CBS News
CNN
Defense Daily
Defense News
Defense One
The Economist
Federal Times
The Financial Times
Fox News
The Guardian
The Hill
HuffPost
Military Times
MSNBC
NBC News
The New York Times
Newsmax
NewsNation
NPR
PBS NewsHour
Politico
RealClearPolitics
Reuters
Task & Purpose
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Examiner
The Washington Post (who compiled this list)
The Washington Times
WTOP
Source: justjared.com