The New York Times sues the Peagon and Hoggest for violating freedom of speech
The New York Times sued the Peagon and its chief for “limiting the powers of reporters to report.” The newspaper says the new regulations are a clear violation of the First Amendme and the rights of journalists.
According to Isna, the New York Times asserted in a case preseed to the federal court in Washington DC that the policy of the US Departme of War “seeks to limit the ability of journalists to ask questions of governme employees and gather information for reports that increase the public’s information beyond official announcemes.”
The policy, which the News media was required to sign in order to gain access to the Peagon, states that military personnel need approval before sharing any information and that the press should be aware that “personnel may face adverse consequences for unauthorized disclosure of information.”
The New York Times complai also states: “The Peagon has made it clear that routine and legal news-gathering techniques, such as asking questions of governme employees and ierviewing them, can lead to the revocation of journalists’ access.” “Thus, through this policy, Peagon officials have given themselves the power to suspend the credeials of journalists for publishing reports that Peagon leadership may find objectionable or inconvenie.”
This American media asked the court to recognize this policy as “illegal and unconstitutional” and to issue an order to prohibit the Peagon and Secretary of War Pete Hegst from implemeing this policy.
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