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Time was when the liberal press looked down on journalists who were embedded with the military. The article mentions one who has had a desk in the pentagon for

Time was when the liberal press looked down on journalists who were embedded with the military. The article mentions one who has had a desk in the pentagon for almost two decades. I would question the independence of someone so well embedded and note nobody is resigning here, just moving to other offices.

bongodongobob 1y ago
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alfiedotwtf 1y ago
I used to watch Donald Rumsfeld daily giving his briefing… the hardest questions asked to him by the beacons of democracy in the press corps was “how are you”.
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  > I remember how then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was ecstatic after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, insisting that it showed the success of the U.S. invasion. Not long after, I ran into an officer at the Pentagon who told me, "No, Tom. It's not a success. Saddam Hussein's supporters are attacking our supply lines. Now, we have to send more troops back to guard them." That was because the United States, at Rumsfeld's insistence, never sent an adequate number of forces to Iraq to begin with — a fact another Army general warned me about, unsolicited — and I reported on, before the war even began. > Instead of toeing the official line, that reporting helped people understand what U.S. troops were really facing. Far from being a success, the fall of Baghdad marked the beginning of an insurgency that stretched on for years. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g-s1-93297/pentagon-reporter-opinion-press-policy https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g-s1-93297/pentagon-reporter-...
StackRanker3000 1y ago
Why would they resign? Their beef is with the government, not their employers
- harvey9 1y ago
  I don't think they should resign, I just want to be clear that this is taking a stand which won't cost them their pay.
- ncallaway 1y ago
  They didn't resign. They turned in their badges that allows them to access certain spaces in the pentagon. They're still reporters, they still work for their employers, and they can still do reporting.
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    You're agreeing.
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bongodongobob 1y ago

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alfiedotwtf 1y ago

I used to watch Donald Rumsfeld daily giving his briefing… the hardest questions asked to him by the beacons of democracy in the press corps was “how are you”.

trenchpilgrim 1y ago
> I remember how then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was ecstatic after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, insisting that it showed the success of the U.S. invasion. Not long after, I ran into an officer at the Pentagon who told me, "No, Tom. It's not a success. Saddam Hussein's supporters are attacking our supply lines. Now, we have to send more troops back to guard them." That was because the United States, at Rumsfeld's insistence, never sent an adequate number of forces to Iraq to begin with — a fact another Army general warned me about, unsolicited — and I reported on, before the war even began. > Instead of toeing the official line, that reporting helped people understand what U.S. troops were really facing. Far from being a success, the fall of Baghdad marked the beginning of an insurgency that stretched on for years. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g-s1-93297/pentagon-reporter-opinion-press-policy https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g-s1-93297/pentagon-reporter-...

StackRanker3000 1y ago

Why would they resign? Their beef is with the government, not their employers

harvey9 1y ago
I don't think they should resign, I just want to be clear that this is taking a stand which won't cost them their pay.
ncallaway 1y ago
They didn't resign. They turned in their badges that allows them to access certain spaces in the pentagon. They're still reporters, they still work for their employers, and they can still do reporting.
- jacquesm 1y ago
  You're agreeing.
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