On Thursday, the Pentagon banned four reporters from further on-site reporting of military commission trials at Gauntanamo, because they published the previously known name of a witness that the Pentagon was trying to present as anonymous. The impact of this assault on press freedom can be seen immediately in the corporate news coverage of this event, as only McClatchy continues to name the witness in its coverage of the banning.
McClatchy Resists Pentagon Intimidation, Still Names Interrogator |
| By: Jim White Friday May 7, 2010 4:30 pm |


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