Joe Scarborough Shreds Hegseth’s ‘Soviet’-Style Media ‘Pledge,’ Rants That Reporters ‘Keep the Pentagon Honest’

David Gilmour Oct 15th, 2025, 7:38 am

host Joe Scarborough torched War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Soviet”-style media “pledge” as he made the case that journalists have helped “keep the Pentagon honest” through successive decades of “constant lies.”

Major television networks and outlets have pushed back in a united front to reject a Trump administration order that will sharply curtail press freedom at the Pentagon.

The move follows a late Friday memo from Hegseth demanding reporters sign a new “In-Brief for Media Members” agreement or surrender their Pentagon access cards by late Tuesday.

The order forbids journalists from soliciting tips, photographing, or even sket

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