Epoch Times Reporter Quits After Paper Signs Onto Pentagon Rules

A national security reporter at the conspiracy-laden Epoch Times has resigned after the publication signed on to Whiskey Pete's new rules restricting news gathering within the Pentagon. Via the New York Times:

The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, submitted his resignation in writing on Friday. Although he did not have an active Pentagon press pass, he regularly covered issues related to the Defense Department and frequently reported from the cavernous military complex while working at the publication.

In his resignation email, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Thornebrooke called The Epoch Times’s signing of the pledge a choice to “abdicate our responsibility as journalists in favor of merely repeating state narratives.”

He also cited a recent editorial directive to