Not happening…
Fox News is reportedly planning to join a coalition of news organizations to reject the War Department’s 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 slammed 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.”
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell dismissed concerns on Monday, accusing reporters of a “full-blown meltdown” in a statement to Status and insisting the policy “is what’s best for our troops and the national security of this country.”
Well, pissonum. They just forfeited their opportunity to report. They are not guaranteed access to anywhere they want to go in the Pentagon, neither are you abd I…
I agree 100%. They should also be off limits to all Democrats.
Correct!!
The media line that “The people have a right to know…”
has NOTHING to do with their concern for “The people”. They have devolved into self-serving vultures whose primary drive is for themselves. Obsessed with their competition to build their best iteration of the “truth” and be the first to deliver it. Truth is nowhere in their thoughts. If they cared for “the people” and “truth” they wouldn’t be spinning every single conservative event, speech, and value to convert and bastardize it into their own senseless reality. They think we don’t see their nefarious actions. And, by the way, if the Secretary of War believes that the media’s excessive access to the pentagon comprises our military, I’m with him. Screw the whining, spoiled, self-entitled children of the media. Your reporting will have no less value if you are banished because you report only lies WITH your access.
Note NewsMax not listed as is OAV RAV