Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 12/2/25

Headline:  “The Pentagon’s Propagandists”

Subhead:  “The Pentagon held its first media briefing in months, hand-selecting a group lf MAGA influences to lob softballs – a charade that disgusted the actual journalists Pete Hegseth exiled earlier this year”

Read the article at:

https://www.status.news/p/pentagon-media-briefing-propagandists

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Article in The Washington Post by Scott Nover & Drew Harwell, 12/2/25

Headline:  “Pentagon upbraids mainstream media in briefing with pro-Trump press corps”

Subhead:  “Defense Department press secretary lays into “legacy media,” especially The Washington Post, at a news conference for the Pentagon’s now largely right-wing outlets.”

“The Pentagon’s press secretary excoriated the mainstream press, and particularly The Washington Post, at a news briefing Tuesday for the Pentagon’s newly credentialed media representatives, the first such event since Defense Department press restrictions spurred a mass exodus of established news organizations in October. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/02/pentagon-media/