Deep Dive: Pete Hegseth’s New Media Rules Are 100 Percent Common Sense

If you’ve been paying attention over the past week or so, you’ve noticed that a lot of media outlets — particularly those critical of the administration as a rule — are having a fit over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s new expectations for journalistic outlets covering the Pentagon.

What they don’t tell you is that these rules are 100 percent common sense — and the fact that reporters don’t want to follow them should give you great pause in terms of what their priorities really are and whether they should be covering the Department of War in the first place.

But, listen to outlets like The Washington Post hyperventilate over this — as it did last month when the restrictions were first unveiled:

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he’s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.

C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he’s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

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Morristown, New Jersey

Education

Catholic University of America

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Topics of Expertise

American Politics, World Politics, Culture

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