The War on Journalism (has begun)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/fox-news-pentagon-press-restrictions-00608019

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/hegseths-new-pentagon-press-policy-is-a-miserable-failure.html

Fox News, which previously employed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, joined most major news organizations on Tuesday in refusing to agree to new rules around reporting at the Pentagon.

The company signed a joint statement with ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News saying the new requirements “would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues.”

An initial memo to reporters read that “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.” Reporters that did not sign on to the agreement would not be issued press passes.

News organizations have until Tuesday to agree to the new rules, but so far only — the Trump-friendly One America News Network — has said publicly that it has done so.

POLITICO has also declined to agree to the Pentagon’s new rules. In a statement, the company said the new policy “infringes on First Amendment protections and limits the ability to produce rigorous and transparent reporting.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/fox-news-pentagon-press-restrictions-00608019

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/hegseths-new-pentagon-press-policy-is-a-miserable-failure.html

Fox News, which previously employed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, joined most major news organizations on Tuesday in refusing to agree to new rules around reporting at the Pentagon.

The company signed a joint statement with ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News saying the new requirements “would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues.”

An initial memo to reporters read that “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.” Reporters that did not sign on to the agreement would not be issued press passes.

News organizations have until Tuesday to agree to the new rules, but so far only — the Trump-friendly One America News Network — has said publicly that it has done so.

POLITICO has also declined to agree to the Pentagon’s new rules. In a statement, the company said the new policy “infringes on First Amendment protections and limits the ability to produce rigorous and transparent reporting.”

I've allowed political discussion here as it affects Mexicans and Zihuatanejo, but I don't see the point in your post.

"Control the press" is in the top three to-do items in the authoritarian's playbook. The others are "declare a scapegoat" (brown-skinned immigrants) and "use violence as a means of control".

Check, check and check.