Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space
The Trump administration notified four major news organizations late on Friday that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the Pentagon to make way for other outlets, including the right-wing sites Breitbart News and One America News.In a memo, a Department of Defense spokesman, John Ullyot, said that The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico had to vacate their office space by Feb.14 to allow for “a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon press corps” for a year as part of a “new annual media rotation program.”Mr.
Ullyot said The New York Post would replace The Times as a print outlet; the conservative cable channel One America News would be swapped in for NBC News; Breitbart News would be a radio outlet instead of NPR; and the news outlet HuffPost, owned by BuzzFeed, would switch with Politico.It is common for reporters from major news organizations to have access to desks or work space at government buildings, such as the White House and the U.S.Capitol.
The Trump administration has been vocal about wanting to give more access to nontraditional news organizations, including many that have reported favorably on the president.“Known as the Correspondents’ Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the secretary of defense stands as a tribute to the importance the department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S.military,” the memo said.The memo said the news outlets that were being removed would remain members of the Pentagon press corps and would still be able to attend briefings.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.
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