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Media Outlets Refuse To Sign Pentagon's New Press Access Rules

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

4.13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

An ultimatum from Defense Secretary Hegseth to reporters: sign this pledge or lose access to the Pentagon. Find out which news organizations refused to sign and why. Plus, CNN investigates how scammers are stealing millions of dollars from victims using crypto ATMs and see how the companies who own those machines are fighting as they try to claw back what police seize in those transactions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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slash setup tonight on 360 and ultimatum from defense secretary

0:34.9

hezith to reporters sign this pledge or lose access to the

0:39.0

Pentagon, find out which news organizations refuse to sign and why. Plus, CNN investigates

0:44.9

how scammers are stealing millions of dollars from victims using crypto ATMs and see how

0:51.1

the companies who own those machines are fighting as they try to claw back what police

0:55.7

sees in those transactions. And later, newly released video shows the moment a man set fire to

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the Pennsylvania's governor's mansion with Josh Shapiro and his family sleeping inside.

1:06.8

Good evening, John Berman here in for Anderson tonight. The Trump administration's battle with the free press, or as I just heard on Fox News,

1:14.5

the administration's effort to spoon-feed information and have that be the story.

1:19.6

And as Fox says, that's not journalism.

1:23.2

A deadline has just passed, issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth for news organizations,

1:28.3

including CNN, to agree to unprecedented new restrictions on how they report on the Pentagon.

1:33.7

Hexas press office is requiring reporters to sign a pledge not to obtain or use any material

1:39.8

that is not officially released by the DOD, even if the information is unclassified.

1:45.5

Any journalist who does not sign the pledge risks losing access to the Pentagon.

1:50.1

Now, practically speaking, it would give Secretary Hexeth the power to punish virtually any news coverage he does not like.

1:57.7

President Trump and Secretary Hexeth were asked about it late today at the White House.

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