
Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 10/23/25
Headline: “Opinion | The Pentagon’s new press corps — journalists or advocates?”
Subhead: “When real reporters walked out, the Pentagon handed press badges to the MyPillow crowd and MAGA influencers”
“For years, the Department of Defense — one of the most important, scrutinized and reported-on departments in our government — has been covered extensively by reporters from inside the Pentagon. This included journalists from some of the most respected and accomplished news outlets in the business, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN, just to name a few. . .”
“But those outlets are no longer in the Pentagon after refusing to sign a new press policy that prohibits journalists from accessing or soliciting information that the Defense Department doesn’t make available to them, including even unclassified information. . .”
Read the full article at:
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/pentagon-press-corps-mypillow-tv-lindell-tim-pool/








