Liberal outlets cry about Pentagon's new media rules — Hegseth bids them farewell



The Department of War has implemented new rules concerning press privileges and news-gathering at the Pentagon.

Even though the policy concerning reporter access is far less restrictive than an earlier version — the draft of which was floated last month — liberal publications have thrown fits and refused to acknowledge the new rules in exchange for press credentials.

'Pentagon access is a privilege, not a right.'

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell emphasized last week that reporters and publications do not have to agree with the new "common-sense media procedures" but "just to acknowledge that they understand what our policy is."

Despite acknowledging that press credentials are conditioned on an understanding of the rules, not an agreement with them, the Pentagon Press Association characterized the rules as a form of intimidation, going so far as to suggest that they dishonor American military families.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth used an emoji to wave goodbye on Monday to the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post when they pushed the PPA's framing and pronounced on X that they were not going to sign the agreement by the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline.

Matt Murray, the Post's executive editor, who received Hegseth's pixelated adios, stated, "The proposed restrictions undercut First Amendment protections by placing unnecessary constraints on gathering and publishing information."

Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic's editor in chief, who has pushed his weight in fake news, and NYT Washington bureau chief Richard Stevenson similarly complained that the rules violated their teams' First Amendment rights.

The Associated Press, Breaking Defense, CNN, Newsmax, Reuters, Task & Purpose, and the Wall Street Journal are among the other publications that have indicated they will not agree to the new policy by deadline.

After bidding the liberal publications farewell, Hegseth noted for edification of "DUMMIES" in the media that the new rules are, in essence, that reporters can no longer roam free through the halls of the Pentagon; members of the press must wear visible badges; and the "credentialed press [is] no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts."

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Hegseth added that "Pentagon access is a privilege, not a right." Blaze News reached out to the Pentagon for clarity about that statement.

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson noted that "despite good faith negotiations with representatives of the Pentagon Press Association, reporters would rather clutch their pearls on social media than stop trying to get warfighters and DOW civilians to commit a crime by violating Department-wide policy."

"We stand by our media policy," continued Wilson. "It's now up to them whether they'd like to report from the Pentagon or their newsroom."

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American support for Israel plummets as pro-Palestinian TikTok content floods feeds



Two years after Hamas’ brutal October 7 attack, the Israel-Hamas war narrative has been flipped on its head — with those who once supported Israel now becoming pro-Palestinian — which may be connected to the overwhelming support for Palestine on social media.

An article from the Washington Post reveals that “U.S.-based TikTok posters still show overwhelming support for Palestinians as the war rages on in Gaza, according to a report published Tuesday by the nonpartisan research center Cybersecurity for Democracy.”

“It found that for every pro-Israel post that appeared on TikTok in September there were roughly 17 posts supporting Palestinians,” the article continues.

“What is the result of that? Like, what’s the result of when you go on social media — which we now have decided to spend, what, eight, 10 hours a day on — and you see 17-1 messaging against Israel? What do you think happens? What’s the result of something like that?” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere asks.


“Could it be this?” he asks, before reading another headline from the Washington Post: “Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds.”

In the poll, “most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes against Palestinians,” and “about 4 in 10 say Israel has committed genocide.”

However, Burguiere says the definition of “genocide” that Americans are basing their answers off of “does not match any of the previously agreed-upon definitions of genocide.”

And Burguiere notes that American Jews are “convinced by this,” as the Washington Post found in another poll question that American Jews are much more critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership than they were in 2020.

In 2020, 40% of American Jews rated his leadership “excellent,” while 26% thought it was “only fair,” and 28% called it “poor.”

In 2025, it is now down to 32% “excellent” and 20% “only fair,” and it is up to 48% “poor.”

But it’s not just support from American Jews that’s slipping — it’s all Americans regardless of religion.

In a nationwide New York Times/Siena poll of 1,313 registered voters, the Times found that American support for Israel in general has undergone a “seismic reversal.”

According to the New York Times, a “majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel,” and a whopping 40% of Americans believe Israel is “intentionally” killing civilians — which is up from 22% in 2023.

And Stu believes much of this “seismic shift” has to do with what’s happening on social media.

“Again, this isn’t really about the truth,” Burguiere comments. “It’s about how to frame this in a way that’s negative for Israel. That’s 100% what’s going on in social media and much of the regular media as well.”

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Veteran journalist Paul Bond is breaking the silence on what really happens inside major newsrooms — and it’s not comforting for those who want to believe that there are still objective journalists out there.

“If we don’t have journalists that say, ‘I will be an objective journalist, not an activist,’ we are a communist country,” BlazeTV host Nicole Shanahan tells Bond, who has some bad news for Shanahan.

“Problem is, we have lots of people who say that; they just don’t mean it,” Bond warns. “I mean, if you ask the people who work for the New York Times and the Washington Post and Newsweek and Time and MSNBC and CNN, they will tell you, ‘I’m an objective journalist.’”

“I’ve met some that are good, and they’re hard to find,” Shanahan agrees.


“It’s hard to be a trusted journalist,” Bond says, “because you’re dealing with others with other agendas. And, you know, sometimes somebody at Newsweek or at the Hollywood Reporter would reach out to me saying, ‘Hey, we’re writing this piece on so and so, and we know you have a relationship with them. Can you get a comment?’”

“I’ll reach out for a comment, and they’ll give me a comment because they trust me. And then it’s this hit piece. And so, I feel like I was used,” he adds.

Bond recalls once interviewing Jesse Watters from Fox News while someone at Newsweek was writing a negative piece about Watters at the same exact time.

“I forgot what it was, but in that story, it says, you know, ‘Newsweek was unable to reach Jesse Watters.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m on the phone with Jesse Watters. Newsweek is able to reach Jesse Watters. I’m talking to Jesse Watters about this thing that you’re writing about,’” he recalls.

“They wanted their hit piece. They didn’t want him to deny that it was true, or whatever he would have said if he hadn’t been on the phone with me. So, they write this hit piece. They publish this hit piece. ‘No access to Jesse Watters,’” he says, noting that this happens all the time.

“A lot of times, they’ll reach out to people to get their comment after the story’s written,” he adds.

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