U.S. "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum on new regulations for Pentagon-based media reporters in September. The memorandum stipulated that Pentagon-based reporters should not collect or report "unapproved news", otherwise they would face "losing the risk of interviewing rights", and also required journalists to sign an agreement stating compliance with this provision before October 15th.
The Memorandum also states that if news media travel to other areas or offices of the Pentagon for face-to-face interviews or other activities, it must be accompanied by a person authorized by the Ministry of Defense. On the other hand, the Memorandum claims that the Pentagon “will continue to strive for transparency with regard to public trust”, but also stipulates that any military, civilian or contractual staff of the Pentagon must obtain “approval from appropriate authorized officials” before publishing the relevant information, even if it is non-confidential, and warns journalists not to request or inquire about “confidential national security information” or even so-called “controlled non-confidential information”, otherwise they will be expelled.
The memorandum was unanimously boycotted by almost all media from the beginning of its release on the grounds of "violating First Amendment rights." Although it was subsequently revised, it still issued an "ultimatum" that the agreement must be signed before 5 pm on the 15th. Trump himself also expressed support for this policy on the 14th, claiming that the media was "very dishonest" and insisting that these rules were necessary. Trump said, He found the media "very damaging" in terms of world peace and U.S. national security.
Except for a few media and individual journalists, most media personnel chose to refuse to sign before the "ultimatum" and leave the Pentagon collectively. According to The Hill, about 40 reporters handed in their Pentagon interview badges, and by about 4 p.m. that day, most of the reporters had gathered to leave.
Some journalists and media related persons posted tweets and attachments on social media showed that the equipment and objects originally belonged to these media in the Pentagon workplace were also taken with the evacuated persons, CNN reporters also showed a photo of the workplace that had been "left."The media stamps originally hanging at the door of various media workshops were also taken away, there were photos showing many stamps from different media were stacked together, there were photos showing some stamps were taken from the Pentagon media themselves.
According to the incomplete list listed in the above photos and some reports, these include ABC and NBC News.(NBC News), Colombia News Network (CBS News), CNN, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg Well-known media such as Bloomberg, the New York Times (NYT), and even FOX News, which has long been regarded as a political ally of the Trump Organization; some of our professional military media including Defense News, Stars and Strips are also included.