Pentagon steps up media restrictions, now requiring approval before reporting even unclassified info
The Pentagon is stepping up restrictions on the media by requiring journalists to sign a pledge not to report on information that has not been authorized for release, including unclassified information. Journalists who don't abide risk losing their media credentials that provide direct to the military headquarters. Free-press advocates call the move an assault on independent journalism. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is telling journalists to follow the rules or go home. The Pentagon this year has evicted many news organizations while imposing a series of restrictions on the press that include banning reporters from entering wide swaths of the Pentagon without a government escort.
Rupert Murdoch’s family has reached a deal on control of his media empire after his death. The agreement ensures no change in direction at Fox News, a popular network for President Donald Trump and conservatives. The deal creates a trust giving control of Fox Corp. to Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert’s chosen heir, along with his younger sisters Grace and Chloe. Lachlan’s three older siblings, Prudence MacLeod, Elisabeth Murdoch and James Murdoch, give up any claims to control of Fox and receive stock currently valued at $3.3 billion. The new trust will be in place until 2050, according to terms of the deal.
Police in Kathmandu open fire on anti-government protesters, killing 8 and injuring several more, Nepal's media report.
At President Donald Trump's news conference, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked something that surely baffled those who avoided social media over Labor Day: “How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?” Doocy referred to questions about Trump's health that swirled through social media over the weekend. With a 50-minute appearance, Trump certainly put to rest rumors that he was dead or seriously ill. But for the news media, it quickly renewed questions about whether they were being diligent enough in investigating questions over a president's health — a year after they dealt with the same issues with Joe Biden.
Health officials say Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza has killed five journalists, including a freelancer who worked for The Associated Press. Mariam Dagga was a visual journalist who freelanced for the AP during the war, as well as other news outlets. The AP said in a statement that it was shocked and saddened to learn of Dagga’s death, along with those of several other journalists. The head of the Health Ministry’s records department said that 20 people were killed in Monday's strikes on Nasser Hospital. The Israeli military said its troops carried out a strike in the area of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and that it would conduct an investigation into the incident.
Benjamin Ritchie died by lethal injection early Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Mothers and their families demanded changes to gun laws on Mother's Day weekend in Louisville.
The video, which drew widespread condemnation, was played during a conference held by conservative supporters of the president at his Miami golf resort last week.