The Pentagon press office caused something of a kerfuffle last Friday when they announced the previously sacrosanct onsite work areas assigned to a few privileged outlets would be subject to an annual rotation. Under the new plan, the New York Times (print), NBC (television), National Public Radio (NPR), and Politico (online) would lose their respective slots to the New York Post, OANN, Breitbart News Network, and the Huffington Post.
Needless to say, the people being rotated out of that plum real estate were not happy; see Gotta Love It: Pentagon Changes to Media Offices Cause Meltdowns on the Left – RedState. Images of a media purge were called up by the hardcore left without explaining how the change of outlets with in-the-Pentagon workspaces changed their coverage.
The Pentagon has informed its resident press corps that NBC, NYT, NPR, and Politico will “rotate out of the building” to give space to New York Post, Breitbart, OANN, and HuffPost.
NBC, who has an entire booth w/ cameras etc. pic.twitter.com/OC4H3xyGdj
— Haley Britzky (@halbritz) February 1, 2025
After hearing the complaints for a week, the Pentagon has responded to that criticism.
A letter from John Ullyot, the acting assistant to the Secretary of Defense, dismissed complaints of being singled out (“Notwithstanding that most media outlets covering the Pentagon have no office space in the building.”); and of television outlets being disadvantaged (“Notwithstanding that most television outlets covering the Pentagon have no office space either, and routinely bring their heavy equipment in and out of the building without problems.”); and asking for an extension of the start date of the media rotation.
He doubled the number of rotations. The Washington Post (print), CNN (television), The Hill (online), and The War Zone (online) will all lose their spaces and be replaced by The Washington Examiner (print), Newsmax (television), The Free Press (online), and The Daily Caller (online). […]
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