Media outlets that rejected Trump Pentagon guidelines acceded to Obama-era censorship at Gitmo
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Dozens of media outlets refused to sign new Trump Pentagon press guidelines, arguing that the rules were too onerous, but many of the very same outlets previously signed Obama-Biden era media policies that were far more restrictive and censorious in order to cover the war court at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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