Even Fox Said No — The Pentagon’s Media Meltdown

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During a scheduled Pentagon press briefing earlier

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this week, journalists were presented with a

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new quote coverage agreement. Essentially, this

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is a document outlining what information they

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could and could not publish. The Pentagon claimed

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that this was a move to clarity and consistency.

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However, reporters saw this completely different.

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They said this is a direct threat to editorial

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independence, which it is. So instead of agreeing,

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they all packed up all of their stuff, stood

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up and walked out. And this is pretty insane

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because like Alex said, both sides agreed. Even

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Fox News walked out. Newsmax walked out. Newsmax

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walked out. Everyone walked out. Newsmax, which

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spends a good proportion of its coverage more

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so than Fox News, filleting the administration

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went. Yeah, too far. Too far. Yeah. Yeah. And

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yeah, this is super important because this is

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pretty much this is supposed to be a window into.

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Like what the public has into what's happening

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with our military or tax dollars, our national

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defense. A one trillion dollar budget. I will

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say that again. A one trillion dollar budget.

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The public has the right to know where that money

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is being spent. Yeah. And to put that in perspective,

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that is way more than what Darth Vader's lightsaber

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sold for. So that's a lot. And yeah. When these

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windows start closing or worse, they're being

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filtered. We risk stepping into dangerous territory.

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We cannot have a democracy without a free and

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independent press period. Our founding fathers

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knew that. And this isn't just about like journalists

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losing the right for access. This is about you

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and me losing our right to know. If the government

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decides what is safe to publish, where does that

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end? This is some 1984 shit right here. Yeah.

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Again, I was mildly surprised, but very proud

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because again, the only agency that signed to

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the agreement was one American News and like

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they make Newsmax look lefty. OK. Newsmax walked

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out, Fox News walked out, everybody, the journal.

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Everybody. They were like, no, we're not. We're

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not doing this. Somebody in the chat said somebody

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should hand Hague said the copy of the Bill of

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Rights. He's ready. He didn't care. This administration

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doesn't give a shit about the Bill of Rights.

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What are you talking about? They do not give

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a crap. Now, here's the thing. OK. At this stage,

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right? I am proud of the news agencies. With

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one asterisk. You gave Hagseth exactly what he

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wanted. He doesn't want you in the building.

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They want to operate in the shadows. They want

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to operate in darkness. Right. So now not only

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did they did you sign the thing. Right. But.

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Now you're not in the building anymore. And that's

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precisely what he wants. He doesn't want you

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in the building. So again, do I think they did

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the right thing? Yes, but it's a double -edged

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sword as is everything with this administration.

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And the only reason I think they haven't gone

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further into a full -blown like authoritarian,

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you know, hullabaloo is that they're incompetent.

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Because somebody competent would have already

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achieved it by now. Okay. They keep doing stupid

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things. Right. At least they get even bigger

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now. Maybe. Maybe. He's purging anybody but loyalists.

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That's what they're doing right now. You heard

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him when he gave his speech. You don't want anybody

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in there that's not loyal to the administration.

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OK. They made that veiled threat three weeks

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ago. You know. So take that for what it's worth.

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Do you think? So, Jay, I'll pose this question

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to you since your story. Do you think that the

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administration backs down at any point now that

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it's just OAN like parroting Pentagon talking

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with like at any point do they go? Does Hanks

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have to go? OK, fine. You can come back I I have

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this really weird feeling I am So I'd like your

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input on this I am I wonder Because the White

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House is talking about coming out with their

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own I don't know pharmacy website or some dumb

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thing. I wonder if this is going to be their

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way to release their own like news. Whatever

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news dumpster fire of a platform. I have. I have

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no idea. Honestly, I honestly don't know. I don't

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know what they're thinking. Like legit, I don't

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know what they're thinking. I just. I. I just

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don't know. Yeah, that's the only thing I could

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think of is like, oh, well, now we don't have

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any platforms covering our stuff. So guess what?

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We're coming out with Trump news where you can

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find. News all day, every day about important

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topics. Oh, you're talking about just straight

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up state owned media. Yeah. Yep. I think it's

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going to happen eventually. Yeah, I don't know

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when, but I think it will. The funny thing is,

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what's more, again, I'm trying to see the end

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game here. This is. This is what I don't. Get

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right. Trump's old, he's going to die eventually.

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OK, also, these guys want power to write. J .D.

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Vance wants to be president someday. He's not

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going to let. Eric or Don Jr. Swoop in and take

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the fucking seat from him. OK. My question is,

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is how do you move on? Even within the Republican

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Party, Trump is a once in a generation political

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talent, much like Obama was. Right. He is. We

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can hate everything about him. But if you're

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going to fight your enemy, you have to give them

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the fun. The guy is a political talent. He knows

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how to speak to people who don't fucking vote

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except for him. Okay, he activated an entire

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swath of the country that normally just doesn't

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even bother voting Right, okay so I Don't know

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what happens to the MAGA movement when Trump

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dies Right like what? What happens? Well, so

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I don't see a person in the wings Ready to take

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it over. Well, so there is the rule of two. So

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the apprentice becomes the master. They're fucking

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Sith Lords.