Major news outlets including CNN, AP and others refused to sign new Pentagon media rules, which means they will be stripped of their press access credentials. These new rules come after the Defense Department limited media access inside the Pentagon, forcefully pushed some outlets to vacate their offices and significantly reduced briefings for journalists. The Pentagon Press Association (PPA) said that this media policy “gags Pentagon employees” by threatening retaliation against those reporters who look for information that has not been pre-approved for release.
TV networks such as ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC released a joint statement saying that they will refuse to sign the new rules, which would “restrict journalists ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues”