Pentagon Cracks Down on Press, NYT Horrified (Suddenly)
The New York Times is valiantly suing the Pentagon to stop new press rules, because apparently, government secrecy is only a problem when it's inconvenient for them. The paper that routinely amplified dubious WMD claims in 2003, legitimizing a war built on lies, now finds itself championing transparency. One might wonder where this fervent dedication to public information was when embedding
reporters were told what they could and couldn't report from Iraq and Afghanistan, or when they conspicuously failed to question the narrative on countless US military interventions. It appears the Times is less concerned with the public's right to know the truth about perpetual wars—or whether their elected officials are beholden to lobbying groups like AIPAC, which spent $20.4 million in 2022
and 2024 cycles according to OpenSecrets—and more concerned with maintaining their privileged access as the sanctioned voice of power. They've discovered censorship is bad, just as soon as it affects their own bylines. A truly courageous stand, years late and entirely self-serving.