Source
Blame Grenada!
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2001
- Address
- https://www.rcfp.org/journals/the-news-media-and-the-law-fall-2001/blame-grenada/ archived copy
- Kind
- reference
- Last checked
- 2026-11-07
Cited by
- United States military bars journalists from the invasion of Grenada
- United States: Pentagon press pool kept from the opening hours of the Panama invasion, December 1989
- Claim 138: When American soldiers landed on Grenada's beaches at 5 a.m. on October 25, 1983, journalists were not present to document the invasion.
- Claim 140: A Pentagon-appointed panel concluded that while open coverage remained preferable, a pool of reporters would be an acceptable way to cover the early stages of a surprise military operation.
- Claim 781: The Pentagon restricted the press pool from covering the start of the Panama invasion.
- Claim 782: NBC correspondent Fred Francis had to watch the invasion's early hours from a golf course rather than the battlefield.
- Claim 783: Journalist Peter Arnett said the number of civilians killed around Noriega's headquarters was never confirmed by the United States government.
- Claim 784: The national media pool was created in April 1985 to give journalists access during military operations.
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