• by Ray Schultz , Yesterday

Andrew Thornebrooke has resigned as a reporter at Epoch Times after the conservative publication signed new rules required by the Pentagon, The New York Times reports. 

Thornebrooke called the signing a choice to “abdicate our responsibility as journalists in favor of merely repeating state narratives.”

“I can no longer reconcile my role with the direction the paper has chosen, including its increasing willingness to promote partisan materials, publish demonstrably false information, and manipulate the reporting of its ground staff to shape the worldview of our readers,” Thornebrooke stated, according to the Times.

Thornebrooke also cited an editorial directive to refer to antifa as a terrorist organization, the Epoch Times adds.