Pentagon removes NBC News, NYT, other media from offices in the new rotation program

The Pentagon will start a new annual rotation program for media, in which several branches, including NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio news network – to come.

The announcement of the Ministry of Defense on Friday, now under the direction of Fox News Pete Hegseth’s former moderator, will also remove politico from his established internal work area.

The outgoing news organizations got to know the guideline in a wide memo without individual notification or additional explanation and effectively in two weeks. The move comes a week after Hegseth has been confirmed in the Senate with a close lead.

“For over half a century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working from individual offices that enable coveted and open access to some of the best military and civilian guides in the department,” says Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot.

NBC News said it was disappointed with the decision to refuse to access a broadcasting stand in the Pentagon, which we have used for many decades. Despite the significant obstacles that our ability to collect and report messages in national public interest, we will continue to report with the same integrity and strict NBC messages. “

The new outlets that rotate in an America News Network, the New York Post, the Breitbart News Network and the HuffPost as new organizations that are switched on and off from the room.

“This step to sell Times and other independent, fact-based news agencies from the Pentagon pressed rooms is a worrying development,” wrote the NYT in a Saturday declaration. “The Ministry of Defense has the greatest discretion budget in the government, millions of Americans in uniform under his direction and control of a huge arsenal that is financed by taxpayers. Times strive to completely and fairly cover the Pentagon. Steps that are supposed to hinder access are clearly not in the public interest. “

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