Trump administration to remove 4 main media from the Pentagon office space

On Friday, the Trump administration informed four major press organizations that they should abandon their office space dedicated to the Pentagon to make way for other points of sale, including the right sites Breitbart News and One America News.

In a memo, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, John Ulyot, said that the New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico were to leave their office space by February 14 to allow “a new outlet for Same medium that was not had the unique opportunity to present itself as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps “for a year as part of a” new annual media rotation program “.

Mr. Ulyot said the New York Post would replace Times as printing; The conservative cable chain One America News would be exchanged by NBC News; Breitbart News would be a radio point of sale instead of NPR; And the press huffpost, belonging to Buzzfeed, changed with Politico.

It is common that journalists from large press organizations have access to offices or a workspace in government buildings, such as the White House and the American Capitol. The Trump administration expressed its wish to give more access to non -traditional press organizations, many of which have reportedly reported on the president.

“Known as the correspondents’ corridor, this space of office lent to the media by the Secretary of Defense is a tribute to the importance that the ministry has long applied to public information on the American army,” said declared the memo.

The memo said that the media that was removed would remain members of the Pentagon Press Corps and could still attend information sessions.