Article in the Raw Story by Jennifer Bowers Bahney, 1/14/25
Headline: “Pete Hegseth gripes that he’s victim of ‘smear campaign’ from ‘liberal media’ “
“Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth slammed the “liberal media” during his confirmation hearing Tuesday, blaming it for a ‘coordinated smear campaign’ against him.
” ‘What became very evident to us from the beginning, there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us that was clear from moment one,’ Hegseth said.
“He continued, ‘What we knew is that it wasn’t about me. Most of it was about President Donald Trump, who’s had to endure the very same thing for much longer amounts of time and he endured it in incredibly strong ways. So we, in some ways, knew it was coming.’ ”