Claim

Claim 781

The Pentagon restricted the press pool from covering the start of the Panama invasion.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The Pentagon restricted the press pool from covering the start of the Panama invasion.
Field: action
Value: Pentagon kept reporters from the first 48 hours
About: incident 1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted
Source: Blame Grenada!
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2001

Quotation from the source

The Pentagon hemmed in reporters, keeping them from covering the first 48 hours of the fighting.