New Pentagon policy is terrible — MAGA media is right to oppose it

Posted on AllSides October 16, 2025

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Earlier this week, media outlets spanning the political spectrum almost universally declined to sign on to a memorandum issued by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that would require defense reporters to promise they will not seek to obtained unauthorized information.

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