Headline Roundup • February 2nd, 2025
Pentagon Kicks Out Four Left-Leaning Outlets, Invites Three From the Right, HuffPost
Media Industry,Media Bias,Defense Department,Pentagon,Journalism,Journalists,Trump Administration,Politics
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Defense Department has informed NBC News (Lean Left bias), The New York Times (Lean Left), NPR (Lean Left), and Politico (Lean Left), that they must vacate their dedicated Pentagon offices in favor of other outlets.
The Details: The outlets will be replaced by One America News Network (Right), The New York Post (Lean Right), Breitbart (Right), and HuffPost (Left). The decision is part of the new “Annual Media Rotation Program”, which the Pentagon said aims to allow other outlets better access to the Department.
For Context: Former Fox News (Right) host Pete Hegseth was confirmed to lead the Defense Department on January 24. The move comes shortly after the White House opened its press room for applications from “new media” which includes independent journalists and influencers. It reportedly received over 7,000 applications in the first day.
How The Media Covered It: CNN (Lean Left) described the incoming outlets as “pro-Trump” in its headline, though acknowledged HuffPost is the exception, describing it as “progressive” and “openly critical of President Donald Trump.” CNN added, “Curiously, though, the site does not currently have a Pentagon correspondent,” but that HuffPost said it is “ready to deliver.” Breitbart prominently described the outgoing outlets as “establishment media” and the incoming ones as “new media.” Straight Arrow News (Center) highlighted AllSides’ Media Bias Ratings of the incoming outlets.
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Kevin Wolf/AP/File
One America News Network would soon replace NBC News and Breitbart would swap with National Public Radio in coveted Pentagon press corps workspace under a plan shared with journalists Friday night.
In what the Pentagon is calling a new “annual media rotation program,” The New York Post will also be invited to move into The New York Times’ workspace. And a fourth outlet affected by the rotation program, Politico, would be replaced by HuffPost.
Three of the changes, set to take effect on February 14, elevate relatively small and ardently...
Several major media companies were told they would need to vacate their office spaces at the Pentagon, in favor of other outlets. Pentagon officials told the news agencies on Friday night.
NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio and Politico must vacate their dedicated workspaces. The organizations learned about the new directive in a memo sent to the press corps without being individually notified, according to NBC News. The Pentagon released an email saying in part, “no additional information will be provided at this time.”
The Trump Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a massive overhaul of its practice allowing journalists to work from inside the building is beginning a program to remove four establishment media news outlets from their workspaces for one year to replace them with new media outlets, including Breitbart News.
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