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Hegseth Replaces Mainstream Media With MAGA Sites at Pentagon

Out: NPR and NBC News. In: Breitbart News Network and One America News Network.

Four members of the Pentagon Press Corps will no longer have office space in that building in order to make room for outlets that haven’t had that opportunity, according to a Defense Department memo Friday obtained by CNN. “Each year, one outlet from each press medium—print, online, television, and radio—that has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building,” the memo states. On February 14, The New York Times, NBC News, National Public Radio, and Politico will vacate their office space. They will be replaced by the New York Post, One America News Network, Breitbart News Network, and The Huffington Post.

Outlets without office space will still remain full members of the Pentagon Press Corps, according to the memo, with “the same media access to the Pentagon” as before. The change follows the White House signaling its desire to open up press briefing seats to podcast hosts and influencers.