Pro-Trump outlets flock to the Pentagon under restrictive new media policy

Journalists from major news outlets such Associated Press and the Washington Post surrendered their Pentagon press passes and walked out of the building on Oct. 15 in protest of new rules, which include an agreement not to report information not approved for release by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

In their place, Frontlines, a media outlet run by Turning Point USA, as well as MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s streaming service Lindell TV both confirmed on social media that they had signed onto the new policy. The list of new outlets gaining credentials also includes conservative news sites like Human Events, the Post Millennial, RedState and the Washington Reporter.

An initial memo announcing the policy last month read that “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”

The Pentagon Press Association, which represents journalists covering the Defense Department, repeatedly objected to the new policy, which they said “arises from an entirely one-sided move by Pentagon officials apparently intent upon cutting the American public off from information they do not control and pre-approve.”