Claim 204

Pentagon ground rules required pooled reporters' material to be screened before release.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Pentagon ground rules required pooled reporters' material to be screened before release.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Pool dispatches were screened before release
About: incident 1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools
Source: Human Rights Watch: Freedom of Expression and the War
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1991-09-01

Quotation from the source

material will be examined solely for its conformance to ... ground rules, not for its potential to express criticism or cause embarrassment