Pentagon boots CNN and the Washington Post from workspace in favor of smaller conservative outlets
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The Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The War Zone will lose workspace at the Pentagon this year under an expanded “media rotation program” instituted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press office.
The Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The War Zone will lose workspace at the Pentagon this year under an expanded “media rotation program” instituted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press office. The rotation makes room for a number of right-wing and explicitly pro-Trump media outlets that have not had workspace at the Pentagon before. The Friday night announcement was criticized by some journalists as a way to score political points and penalize tough-minded news outlets. The changes only affect workspaces, not credentials, so journalists from the affected outlets will not lose access to military officials and press briefings. CNN said in a statement that “CNN’s mission to report on the Department of Defense, US military and Trump Administration will continue regardless of office arrangements. We will not be deflected from our duty to hold all three fairly and fully to account.” When it was first announced a week ago, the rotation program called for four outlets to give up their space this year.
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