Fox News to Join Other Networks in Rejecting Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Media ‘Pledge’: Report

David Gilmour Oct 14th, 2025, 9:14 am

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Major television networks – including War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s former employer Fox News – are expected to release a joint statement rejecting 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 Tuesday.

The order forbids journalists from soliciting tips, photographing, or even sketching what they see inside the building.

Networks are coordinating through the Pentagon press pool to issue a unified response to publicly oppose

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