# Claim 785

A newspaper editor told President Bush that the Panama press pool had again shown the arrangement for covering the start of a military operation did not work.

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

- Statement: A newspaper editor told President Bush that the Panama press pool had again shown the arrangement for covering the start of a military operation did not work.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Editors said the pool failed again in Panama
- About: [incident 1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted)
- Source: Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-question-and-answer-session-with-members-the-american-society-newspaper
- Publisher: The American Presidency Project
- Method: primary document
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1990-04-06

## Quotation from the source

> the experience of the press pool in Panama again proved that this arrangement for covering the early stages of a military action is not working

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