The New York Times: Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon Rules
The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, also cited a recent editorial directive to refer to antifa, the far-left ideological movement, as a terrorist organization.

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BREAKING: A reporter for the far-right Epoch Times resigns in protest over his outlet's decision to sign the MAGA Pentagon's anti-free speech pledge — and exposes how they regularly push pro-Trump lies.

This is beyond scathing...

“I can no longer reconcile my role with the direction the paper has chosen, including its increasing willingness to promote partisan materials, publish demonstrably false information, and manipulate the reporting of its ground staff to shape the worldview of our readers,” wrote national security reporter Andrew Thornebrooke in his resignation letter, which was obtained by The New York Times.

He further stated that his now-former employer has chosen to “abdicate our responsibility as journalists in favor of merely repeating state narratives.”

Thornebrooke also drew issue with an editorial directive at the Epoch Times that forces reporters to refer to "antifa" as a "terrorist organization," part of a broader conservative smear campaign to paint all of Trump's political enemies as violent insurgents. His administration is increasingly using this amorphous "antifa" bugaboo to justify brutal, fascist crackdowns.

Thornebrooke revealed to the New York Times that reporters for the Epoch Times "are not permitted to review final versions of articles before they are published" and editors would often "suddenly be taking accurate information out of my stories and putting in false info.” He said such changes were intended to "cast the Trump administration in the most positive light possible."

The Epoch Times was one of only three U.S.-based outlets to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "pledge" which limits their ability to cover information not officially authorized for release. It also limits the number of areas within the Pentagon that journalists may visit without escort and bars them from soliciting leaks of unauthorized information.

This past Wednesday, between 40 and 50 reporters for the publications with enough integrity to refuse the pledge handed in their press credentials and vacated their desks inside the Pentagon.

The attacks on our free press from Hegseth and Trump come as the administration is escalating its homicidal strikes on boats in the Caribbean and pushing the Unites States closer and closer to war with Venezuela. Now, more than ever, we need reporters who are brave and free enough to report on what's really going on at the Department of Defense.

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