# Claim 505

CPJ's then executive director said the accreditation process served to cover a government campaign against the independent press.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: CPJ's then executive director said the accreditation process served to cover a government campaign against the independent press.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: CPJ's assessment of the process
- About: [incident 2005-zimbabwe-court-refuses-daily-news-accreditation](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2005-zimbabwe-court-refuses-daily-news-accreditation)
- Source: High Court refuses to accredit Daily News journalists. https://cpj.org/2005/05/high-court-refuses-to-accredit-daily-news-journali/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2005-05-12

## Quotation from the source

> a farce designed to provide cover for the government's campaign to crush the independent media

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/505. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.