'Going to lose public trust': Ret. Army Lt. Gen. slams Hegseth's new press policy - MSNBC Reports

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Major media outlets, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s former employer Fox "News", have refused to sign his new Pentagon press policy. Former Board Member of the Pentagon Press Association Barbara Starr, “Status” founder and writer Oliver Darcy, and retired U.S. Army Lt. General Mark Hertling join Alex Witt to weigh in. - Aired on 10/15/2025.

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1. 'The Daily Show' mockingly agrees to Hegseth's press restrictions

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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5558261-daily-show-hegseths-pentagon-press-rules/

Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” poked fun at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday by mockingly agreeing to his new press restrictions at the Pentagon.

“After serious consideration, The Daily Show has agreed to the Pentagon’s new demands regarding press access,” the show said in a graphic posted on social media. “We were going to refuse, but everyone else rejected it so hard that it honestly made us feel kinda bad for Pete Hegseth.”

The statement went on to say of Hegseth, “the poor guy couldn’t even get Fox News to sign on and he worked for them a few months ago.”

“Even Newsmax refused. Brutal!” it said. “So we’re going to join in. Just so One America isn’t the only signature on this thing. It’s all just too humiliating.”.....

All of the nation’s major news organizations, including The Hill, have refused to sign the new policy, with a number of the major broadcast and cable news networks issuing a joint statement this week blasting the restrictions calling it “without precedent” and saying it “threatens core journalistic protections.”