US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting in North Carolina
- The Treasury Department denied press credentials to reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg News for the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, which began Sunday.
- Escalating tensions between President Donald Trump's administration and the media have intensified restrictions on access; earlier this year, the Defense Department declared its press office a classified space, forcing most outlets to leave.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed in an interview Sunday the decision had "nothing to do with point of view," yet the department offered no public explanation for rejecting the credential requests.
- The Times called the move "a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny," while Bloomberg stated it "undermines media freedom and public accountability"; The German Finance Ministry successfully lobbied for one Times reporter but failed for Bloomberg.
- With Iran sanctions, the war in Iran, and rising US national debt—which hit more than US$40 trillion this month—dominating the agenda, Bessent will use the summit to push G20 finance ministers toward compliance with US sanctions.
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The United States Treasury Department has refused to certify several journalists of major communications vehicles to cover the G20 finance ministers' meeting this week in North Carolina, reported several media organizations this weekend. The United States holds the G20 presidency this year, and the Treasury Department is responsible for access to the negotiations, which will bring together finance ministers and central bank presidents of the wor…
As hosts, the US regulates access to the G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting. Individual reporters from the »New York Times«, the »Wall Street Journal« and Bloomberg News have to stay out. The reactions are clear.
Finance ministers from the G20 countries are gathered until Tuesday in Asheville (North Carolina), in a tense commercial and geopolitical context.
According to the media, a number of long-standing reporters from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Bloomberg news agency do not get access. The US Treasury is the host of accreditation for the two-day G-20 meeting.
Bloomberg and the »New York Times« can only report to a limited extent about the G20 meeting. Also media representatives in the delegation of Lars Klingbeil were probably affected.
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The US Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world’s most powerful countries, the latest example of how President Donald Trump’s administration has restricted media access. Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sp…
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