Why do we need journalists in a military building that is presumably full of classified information and people having conversations about said information? I was surprised to hear this was even a thing, it seems really odd to me.
If I was tasked to start the Pentagon from scratch and was asked, “should we setup a system to provide offices and constant access to journalists?” I’d be like, fuck no, what a dumb distraction.
Members of the military should not be talking to the press about their work while at work. Sure, talk off the record, just don’t do it at work. And talk as an individual, not as a representative of the military.
Unless of course your job is literally PR for the military. In which case maybe go to the journalist.
You understand the Pentagon is like its own city, right? There are various chain restaurants within it. Officers aren't walking the halls discussing top secret war plans -- that's for the Signal group chat.
Joking aside, for discussing classified information, there are dedicated areas called SCIFs[0]. Journalists aren't allowed into those areas.
Because a large chunk of your taxes goes into projects planned and executed in that building. You have the right to know how it's used, and they decided they didn't want to disclose it themselves.
If I was tasked to start the Pentagon from scratch and was asked, “should we setup a system to provide offices and constant access to journalists?” I’d be like, fuck no, what a dumb distraction.
Members of the military should not be talking to the press about their work while at work. Sure, talk off the record, just don’t do it at work. And talk as an individual, not as a representative of the military.
Unless of course your job is literally PR for the military. In which case maybe go to the journalist.