Pentagon's 'Press Freedom' Just Means Less Press Freedom
Funny how suddenly 'press rules' are a problem when the Pentagon wants signatures on a document. Where was this indignation when the military machine manufactured consent for endless wars? Or when they enforced 'embed' rules that turned journalists into glorified stenographers? It appears the 'First Amendment' only matters when journalists are asked to sign something rather than just implicitly
agree to what they won't report. While outlets like One America News—a bastion of journalistic integrity, clearly—signed on, one might wonder if the NYT's sudden principled stand against transparency restrictions applies to, say, the Pentagon's role in supplying cluster bombs to a humanitarian crisis. Or is that just 'normal procedure' not worth walking out over? Selective outrage is still just
outrage, conveniently timed.