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Every news organization besides OAN has refused the new pentagon press pledge

Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:45 am
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:45 am
Is our government willing to admit when something isn’t a good idea? Donald Trump has certainly shown the ability to adjust and change an approach when it doesn’t work, I wonder if we will see this here?

It’s one thing when all the organizations who don’t like you fight back, but when virtually every single news outlet sees this pledge as an overstep that won’t allow them to do their job, maybe the pentagon should listen?
Posted by MikkUGA
Destin
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:48 am to
18 U.S. Code § 1382, which forbids entering a military installation for any prohibited purpose. In addition to federal law, regulations set at the military installation level establish the specific rules for entry, which often include an escort requirement for non-military personnel in restricted areas. Actually the Pentagon is a restricted military area and they should not be allowed in without someone with a restricted area badge and escort privileges escorting them. Just like every other U.S. military base.
This post was edited on 10/15/25 at 7:50 am
Posted by Timeoday
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Member since Aug 2020
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:48 am to
Organized and complicit is the American media. Pentagon can use OAN to deliver any and all press briefings to the "organised and complicit" members of the American press.

I pray Hegseth stands firm against these thumb suckers!!
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:50 am to
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when virtually every single news outlet sees this pledge as an overstep that won’t allow them to do their job, maybe the pentagon should listen?
Can you please point me to where in the Constitution the US military is encouraged to do anything for these losers? That’s not the military’s problem whatsoever

And they can still do their job. They’re just pitching a tantrum because it’ll be harder. Boo fricking hoo

Separately, the news media achieving consensus is ideal. It eliminates any guesswork on who’s in the right
This post was edited on 10/15/25 at 7:52 am
Posted by Diamondawg
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Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:50 am to
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Every news organization besides OAN has refused the new pentagon press pledge
quote:


Is our government willing to admit when something isn’t a good idea?
Sounds like there was a loosey/goosy approach to security within the Pentagon. Why is knowing who is inside the Pentagon a bad thing? Actually, I am shocked it was so lax. JMO
Posted by Tigergreg
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Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:51 am to
I don't want military or classified info getting out to the media. Some have shown the inability to use discretion on what they report to the public. This is not some whistle blower issue. Things get leaked out intentionally and unintentionally. Either way, it can effect national security.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:53 am to
We just going to gloss over the fact that every mainstream media outlet actively colluded with entrenched bureaucratic swamp scum to overthrow the duly-elected POTUS in 2020 and gleefully assisted in the gaslighting of the American people afterwards?

frick those parasites.
Posted by Houag80
Member since Jul 2019
17487 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:54 am to
frick em. Try getting into any Fortune 100 business outside of the lobby without being vetted and badged. It is just good security practice.
Journalists stopped being upstanding examples of character decades ago.
Again, frick them and their feelings.
Posted by MikkUGA
Destin
Member since Jun 2014
2065 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:54 am to
Yea that is crazy. I had a restricted area badge with escort privileges. Even military on a base are not allowed into restricted areas without a badge for that area. If you get caught in a restricted area with out it, they are not nice about it. Seen several military members get slammed to the ground and arrested.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
33781 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:55 am to
The military, nor the government as a whole, is under any obligation to assist the media in doing their jobs.

The entire government media apparatus, from press conferences to media liaisons, to press junkets, to press releases is completely optional and not required by law.

The media is not required to be given ANY special access, besides abiding by any legally processed open records requests.

Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
1724 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:55 am to
good they'll be on the outside looking in and eventually they'll bend the knee sorry no more unauthorized leaks for kathrine herridge
Posted by Lgrnwd
Member since Jan 2018
8164 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:56 am to
What about the new rules makes them "unreasonable". The new rules seem pretty reasonable. What am I missing?
Posted by UncleFestersLegs
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:56 am to
quote:

won’t allow them to do their job,
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:56 am to
OAN about to get All of the exclusive stories.

Posted by terd ferguson
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:57 am to
frick those mfers... journalism is dead
Posted by pankReb
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 7:59 am to
I said this in the other thread. I have a broadcast Journalism background and I didn’t not find one unreasonable thing about the policy changes. I’ve always held the belief that there should be no special treatment given to a journalist that wouldn’t also be given to a typical citizen. I can’t roam freely around the pentagon….i don’t see why someone who works for MSNBC or FOX news should be able to.
Posted by pankReb
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:00 am to
quote:

The military, nor the government as a whole, is under any obligation to assist the media in doing their jobs. The entire government media apparatus, from press conferences to media liaisons, to press junkets, to press releases is completely optional and not required by law. The media is not required to be given ANY special access, besides abiding by any legally processed open records requests.


As a follow up to my previous post….


All of this is correct.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
154204 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:02 am to
I don’t understand defending the modern press at all.

They are not looking for truth. They are looking for political angles with which to harm the opposition.

Maybe instead think about why the press has opposition.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
33040 posts
Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:04 am to
So everyone here is totally cool with the government having control over what the media can report?

Alright
Posted by pankReb
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Posted on 10/15/25 at 8:05 am to
quote:

So everyone here is totally cool with the government having control over what the media can report? Alright


No one is making that argument but you.
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