A weekly newsletter on power and the press Good Morning, As Pentagon reporters packed up their boxes last October and turned in their press badges, one expressed concern about how quickly journalists would be able to obtain key information if the United States became embroiled in an international conflict. Basic facts — the number of airstrikes and deaths —are paramount. Or as the reporter put: “No spin, no bulls–t.” The exodus of news outlets that rejected the Pentagon’s press restrictions last fall returned to the forefront... 
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