{"id":68050,"date":"2025-10-14T12:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68050"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:20:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:20:27","slug":"trumps-secretary-of-war-on-the-press-pete-hegseth-is-rebuked-by-the-media-hes-trying-censor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68050","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Secretary of War on the Press, Pete Hegseth, Is Rebuked By the Media He’s Trying to Censor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most anti-free press regime in American history, led by Donald “The Media is the Enemy of the People”<\/em> Trump, is once again proving how out of touch it is with the principles of the Constitution and its First Amendment prohibition against “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Pete<\/p>\n

When Donald Trump made Pete Hegseth his Secretary of “War,”<\/em> he was installing a flunky who he knew would obey his every command, no matter how averse to the law or morality. And Hegseth proved his fealty to Trump last month when he issued a decree demanding that the press must swear a Trumpian loyalty oath before being allowed access to the Pentagon or to military leaders who work for the American people. It was such a repugnant proposal that even Trump was against it when he first heard about it.<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Trump Smacks Down His Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Over His Loyalty Pledge on the Free Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, Trump, in his perpetual state of ignorance and\/or dementia<\/a><\/strong>, likely had no idea what the new rules imposed by Hegseth meant. But they were consistent with his twisted mindset, believing that he can dictate what the media reports about him. The mandate that Hegseth imposed on the press forbids them to do any investigative reporting, interviewing, or to publish any stories that haven\u2019t been pre-approved by Hegseth\u2019s Pentagon overlords.<\/p>\n

Under this decree, reporters would be required to have an approved Pentagon escort when in the building. And should they refuse to sign the oath, they risk losing their press credentials. Hegseth claimed that the new rules boiled down to three tenets:<\/p>\n