# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted)
- Source: Blame Grenada!. https://www.rcfp.org/journals/the-news-media-and-the-law-fall-2001/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.

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