Several conservative media outlets said Wednesday they had approved a new press policy It was rejected by almost all legacy media organizations She will take her place at the Pentagon covering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the US Army.
The Pentagon’s new journalism team will include Gateway Pundit, National Pulse, Human Events, podcaster Tim Bull, Just the News, founded by journalist John Solomon, Frontlines from Turning Point USA, and LindelTV, which is run by CEO John Solomon. MyPillow Mike Lindell.
The Pentagon’s announcement came less than a week after dozens of reporters from outlets such as The New York Times, Associated Press, CNN and The Washington Post turned in their access badges rather than agree to a policy that journalists say would restrict them from covering the news Hegseth had approved.
Hegseth’s spokesman, Sean Parnell, announced the “next generation” of the Pentagon’s journalism team, which includes more than 60 journalists, has agreed to the new policy. He said that 26 journalists who were previously part of the press corps were among the signatories. The administration did not identify any of them, but several outlets reposted his message on X saying they had signed on.
There’s not even a consensus among organizations that appeals to conservative consumers. Fox News Channel was the most popular news source ever for fans of President Donald Trump Between outingsAs was Newsmax.
In a post on X, Parnell denounced this “The righteous media that chose to be deported from the Pentagon.”
“Americans have largely given up on absorbing their news through the lens of activists masquerading as journalists in the mainstream media,” Parnell wrote. “We look forward to starting a new relationship with members of the Pentagon’s new press corps.”
Journalists who left the Pentagon Didn’t stop working US Army coverage. Many of them have aggressively reported, for example, on stories about… Strikes against boats In Central America it is allegedly part of the drug trade.
Not being in the Pentagon, “reporters are going to have to work harder, there’s no doubt about that,” said Barbara Starr, a retired CNN Pentagon correspondent.
“But the real price is paid by the American people and the families of American military personnel,” Starr said. “Military families whose sons and daughters are serving, they want to know everything and they want to know it quickly.”
Starr asked Hegseth: “What’s he afraid of?” New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote a scathing article about the Defense Secretary over the weekend titled “Friday Cat at the Pentagon.” But Hegseth’s boss, President Trump, has expressed support for the new media policy and Hegseth’s aggressive moves mirror some of those taken by the administration. The president has filed a lawsuit against outlets such as New York Times and Wall Street Journal To cover him.
Some media outlets that accepted Hegseth’s rules will have to staff their new roles: Just News, for example, ran an online ad seeking a Pentagon correspondent.
Jordan Conradson, The Gateway Pundit’s White House correspondent, posted Wednesday that he’s excited to join the Pentagon’s journalism team “and help restore fair journalism after agreeing to follow ground rules…something the legacy media refuses to do!”
Lindell, whose My Pillow ads once covered Fox News before joining political media, posted a statement saying LindellTV is “proud to be part of a new generation of news organizations that are reshaping how real information reaches audiences.”
Some publications declare themselves conservative in their mission statements. The About page on the National Pulse website displays a photo of Trump.
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