Hegseth's authoritarian press gag order forces reporters to surrender First Amendment rights or face Pentagon banishment. Every major outlet from NPR to Newsmax rejected these Orwellian rules requiring government permission to publish even unclassified information. This isn't journalism policy — it's fascist state media control that violates constitutional press freedom.
Pentagon access is a privilege requiring basic security measures, not a constitutional right to roam sensitive areas freely. The new policy simply requires press badges, escorts in classified zones and prohibits soliciting policy violations — standard rules at every military installation. Mainstream media lies about story pre-approval requirements to manufacture outrage over common-sense security protocols.
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