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host of Scene Praised right-wing networks Fox News and Newsmax Connecting with other mainstream media outlets Refusing to sign off on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictive new policy, he declared that “Freedom of the press is an American issue.”
Beat journalists with Pentagon En masse handing in your press credentials After the Defense Department’s Tuesday night deadline to accept sanctions, media lawyers and independent press advocates say Basic reporting will be criminalizedABC talk show launches Wednesday show Latest developments on Hegseth’s press crackdown,
Especially, in view of the long-standing enmity between Scene And Fox News, the daytime program made sure to prop up the conservative cable giant Its joint statement with other broadcast news channels In defiance of the former Fox Morning Show host’s restrictive press rules.
“Yesterday, a joint statement was issued from the five major networks, ABC News, CBS, CNN, NBC and, yes, Fox News, announcing that they will not sign on to the new Pentagon press policy,” host Whoopi Goldberg said to loud applause from the studio audience. “And they say it’s without precedent and jeopardizes basic journalistic protections.”
Goldberg then presented a Tuesday night segment on Fox News. special ReportWhich included anchors Brett Baer and Rhett. General Jack Keane – a network analyst – has been critical of the Pentagon’s policy.
He said Keane “kept things in perspective” during his conversation with Byrd, in which the former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army criticized the department for its willingness to “spoon information to journalists” in order to further his particular narrative.
“This is not journalism,” Keane said Tuesday night. “Journalism is going out and finding the story and getting all the facts to support it.”
After Keane’s comments were broadcast, of sight The audience applauded while Goldberg nodded in agreement.
With both Hegseth and Donald Trump Doubling the media lockdown — for example, the president has also suggested moving the press corps “across the street” — the rest of the panel praised pro-Trump media organizations for rejecting the policy.
Co-host Sara Haynes said, “Freedom of the press is an American issue.” “That’s why you’re seeing networks coming together — including Fox News — that don’t agree on many issues.”
The show’s resident conservative panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin noted her time serving in the first Trump administration as a Defense Department spokesperson and praised Pentagon reporters as “the most professional people who treat our national security with the height of responsibility.”
At the same time, she wanted to make special mention of Newsmax – a network that has long appealed to Trump while running to the right of Fox – for also refusing to sign the pledge.
She declared, “I want to commend Newsmax, a right-wing outlet, that is not signing on to this, because they understand that this is bigger than any one administration.”
While co-host Sunny Hostin took a dig at The only media organization that has agreed to this policyCalling the far-right Channel One America News a “propaganda network”, Haynes and liberal panelist Joy Behar took a dig at Hegseth’s claim that he is restricting press access to prevent dangerous leaks to the media.
“But it’s not going to stop the leaks. It’s going to force those leaks indoors. So, now, it’s actually going to have the complete opposite end,” Haines said.
“It’s kind of ironic, because Hegseth is primarily a leaker,” Behar quipped, prompting Haynes to expose Signalgate, the scandal in which Hegseth detailed secret war plans in an unsecured group chat.
This was the controversy that overshadowed atlantic Editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to the chat and later reported a security breach, which reportedly further upset Hegseth. “Crazy, Scared and Angry” Towards the media amidst shameful results.
“And by the way, if they get rid of all the press, who’s [White House press secretary] Caroline Levitt is going to lie?! Behar joked at the end.