Good luck, Pete. What a dope. Authoritarians and their lackeys always try to control information, rewrite History, and in general are enemies of Truth.
Major television networks, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox News, are expected to release a joint statement rejecting media access "pledge."
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Major television networks – including War Secretary
Pete Hegseth’s former employer Fox News – are expected to release a joint statement rejecting a Trump administration order that will sharply curtail press freedom at the Pentagon.
The move follows a late Friday memo from Hegseth demanding reporters
sign a new “In-Brief for Media Members” agreement or surrender their Pentagon access cards by Tuesday.
The order forbids journalists from soliciting tips, photographing, or even sketching what they see inside the building.
Networks are coordinating through the Pentagon press pool to issue a unified response to publicly oppose the measure,
according to Status’ Oliver Darcy.
Darcy reported Tuesday that Fox News, where Hegseth worked for almost a decade prior to his nomination, has “no plans to agree to the draconian rules,” citing sources.
The move will set up “a showdown with his former employer,” according to Darcy.
Darcy’s reporting was later backed up by CNN’s chief media analyst
Brian Stelter, who wrote in his Reliable Sources newsletter, “CNN has already said that its journalists will not accept the new restrictions. I’m told that Fox News, NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN will issue a joint statement later today saying much the same thing.”
The push by Hegseth has now been
panned across the board by newspapers and networks — such as
The New York Times,
The Atlantic, CNN, Newsmax and
The Guardian — with the only outlet reportedly agreeing to the new terms being One America News.
The Pentagon Press Association condemned the policy, saying: “This Wednesday, most Pentagon Press Association members seem likely to hand over their badges rather than acknowledge a policy that gags Pentagon employees and threatens retaliation against reporters who seek out information that has not been pre-approved for release.”