On August 31, the US Treasury Department announced that it was refusing to issue interview documents to some reporters from the “New York Times,” “Wall Street Journal,” and Bloomberg, prohibiting them from attending the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina this week. This move means that the three most influential mainstream news organizations in the US have all been restricted from entering. The US Treasury Department responded in a statement that it is expected that nearly 300 media personnel will be granted high-level access to the conference. In response to some media rejection, a Treasury Department spokesperson said, “News reports should focus on providing information and education to the American public, rather than prioritizing the number of hits, interaction rates, or sensationalism.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also stressed in an interview earlier that the decision to refuse to issue documents “has nothing to do with the opinions and positions of the media.”

On August 31, the US Treasury Department announced that it was refusing to issue interview documents to some reporters from the “New York Times,” “Wall Street Journal,” and Bloomberg, prohibiting them from attending the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina this week. This move means that the three most influential mainstream news organizations in the US have all been restricted from entering. The US Treasury Department responded in a statement that it is expected that nearly 300 media personnel will be granted high-level access to the conference. In response to some media rejection, a Treasury Department spokesperson said, “News reports should focus on providing information and education to the American public, rather than prioritizing the number of hits, interaction rates, or sensationalism.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also stressed in an interview earlier that the decision to refuse to issue documents “has nothing to do with the opinions and positions of the media.”