Posted on 10/16/2025 8:37:42 AM PDT by ransomnote
[H/T Melian]
News outlets were nearly unanimous in rejecting new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that would leave journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by Hegseth for release.
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“It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the press corps that we stuck together,” said Nancy Youssef, a reporter for The Atlantic who has had a desk at the Pentagon since 2007.
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Images of reporters effectively demonstrating against barriers to their work are unlikely to move supporters of President Donald Trump, many of whom resent journalists and cheer his efforts to make their jobs harder. Trump has been involved in court fights against The New York Times, CBS News, ABC News, the Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press in the past year.
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Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump backed his defense secretary’s new rules. “I think he finds the press to be very disruptive in terms of world peace,” Trump said. “The press is very dishonest.”
Even before issuing his new press policy, Hegseth, a former Fox News Channel host, has systematically choked off the flow of information. He’s held only two formal press briefings, banned reporters from accessing many parts of the sprawling Pentagon without an escort and launched investigations into leaks to the media.
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“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalist, and that would be their story. That’s not journalism,” said Jack Keane, a retired U.S. Army general and Fox News analyst, said on Hegseth’s former network.
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Kicking the CIA’s mockingbirds out of the Pentagon is a great first step.
massive win across the board.
Reporters should be nowhere near our military.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules, Sirius Lee wrote: Kicking the CIA’s mockingbirds out of the Pentagon is a great first step.
I agree. I enjoyed reading that they dragged boxes and things like office chairs out to their cars. Hegseth didn't provide the same accommodations that AutoPen's Adminstration gave them - so apparently they had to supply their own chairs or remain standing while trying to soak up state secrets to sell.
Yeah, I wouldn’t mind the Pentagon not telling those people anything.
Happy Ending, IMHO.
“””If the only things they would be permitted to report are official releases, there’s no reason to have press credentials because the releases are all online anyway. “”
That sounds like a win to me.
Bye, you sure showed us😂
And of course they had to make a big show of it instead of just leaving.
how many times have we seen lefties losing it and telling everybody in a chat they are leaving.. why can't they act normal and just leave? Dissappear quietly?
Sounds good to me, the questions they ask are rarely worthwhile ans not anout finding out information but some kind of gotcha
Most of those press briefings remind me of flying on Spirit airlines, a room full of animals
>> I’m actually with the press on this one.
Well, I’m with you and the press on the concept of getting their America-hating traitorious asses the hell out of the Pentagon, never again to return, but somehow I don’t think that’s what you meant!
News flash: the Department of WAR is NOT Commerce or Treasury or &etc. Different rules apply! Common sense!
The moles and leakers are the big losers. They are losing a second income. The press is their facilitator and probably their financiers.
>> “It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the press corps that we stuck together,” said Nancy Youssef, a reporter for The Atlantic who has had a desk at the Pentagon since 2007.
“Nancy A. Youssef is an American journalist known for her comprehensive and fearless[peacock prose] reporting on national security, with a focus on U.S. military operations and the Middle East. Until 2025, she was a national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered military affairs and the Arab world.[1][2] Youssef has earned significant recognition for her coverage of conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the broader Arab world... Born to Egyptian parents, Nancy Youssef is a first-generation American...”
Get lost, then, muzzie symp! And don’t let the door hit ya where the good LORD split ya. Good riddance!
Well, bye
The level of control implemented here is identical to that presently covering all military bases.
Only where secret material is stored has the MSM had unfettered access.
A few trials would illustrate this point.
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