Has the pro-Maga media turned on the Pentagon over Iran?
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<p>New pro-Trump press corps has surprised some skeptics with tough questions, though sycophancy fears remain</p><p>The question, asked during a 4 March press briefing with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a>, the secretary of defense, and Gen Dan Caine, was a good one: if the US had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities during an operation last June, “what was the intelligence that suggested that somehow they became a threa
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Analysis Has the pro-Maga media turned on the Pentagon over Iran? Jeremy Barr in Washington New pro-Trump press corps has surprised some skeptics with tough questions, though sycophancy fears remain The question, asked during a 4 March press briefing with Pete Hegseth , the secretary of defense, and Gen Dan Caine, was a good one: if the US had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear facilities during an operation last June, “what was the intelligence that suggested that somehow they became a threat once again that required us to get involved with Operation Epic Fury?” It was asked by Heather Mullins, who works for LindellTV, the television network founded by Mike Lindell, the pillow entrepreneur, Trump cheerleader and 2020 election denier. On Tuesday, a reporter from the Gateway Pundit, an outlet that “regularly peddles falsehoods and conspiracy theories”, as NPR put it in 2024 , asked about reports that the US is unhappy with its chief ally in the operation against Iran, Israel. “Whether this reporting’s true or not, what’s your message to Americans, those who supported the president and those who aren’t really in favor of this war and who worry that Israel might be taking advantage of the US’s backing?” asked Jordan Conradson. After the heavy hitters of the Pentagon press corps walked out in October over new restrictions on access and reporting, many worried how the Trump-friendly media who took their place would fill the void – particularly if, say, a war started. Major fears remain, stoked by questions bordering on sycophancy, but, so far, some longtime skeptics of the pro-Maga press corps say they are doing better than expected at questioning Hegseth and the generals who have been brought out on four occasions to give briefings and take questions from a large group of assembled reporters. “I would say the questions have, with a few exceptions, all been fair, valid, and similar to questions I’ve had in my own notebook,” one longtime Pentagon correspondent who has attended ...
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