The trash taking itself out.

Fits are being had by the Media because of the new rules implemented in the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that reporters agree by 5 p.m. Tuesday to a new policy, under which they would need to pledge to not obtain or use any unauthorized material, even if the information is unclassified — or hand over their press badges in the next 24 hours. Media outlets say this is a violation of their First Amendment rights, and nearly every news outlet has refused to sign.

Pete Hegseth changes Pentagon press policy: Five takeaways

What I find fascinating is that the Media still thinks of itself as being 99.44% pure, impartial without any political bias. It does not matter that they have a trust level among the public that rivals congress critters and is below used car salesmen. Hegseth knows any information will be twisted and portrayed in the most negative angle just because the actual resident of the White House. And if there is a contradiction in terms bigger than “Journalistic Integrity” please tell me in the comments. (I know, Military Intelligence is up there, but it is a close second)

And if your way of “protesting” the gravy train is refusing to sign the new rules and throwing tantrums outside the Pentagon, then you did exactly what SecWar wanted to institute in the first place.

The rejections mean that for the first time since the Eisenhower administration, no major U.S. television network or publication will have a permanent presence in the Pentagon.

Reporters and editors, who have urged defense officials to reconsider the policy, say they will continue to cover the U.S. military with or without access to the building. But the rules mark a new chapter in how journalists will cover the armed forces.

They shouldn’t be there in the first place. No multinational company allows full time access and presence in their headquarters for fear of a stranger disclosing important proprietary information to the public. But yet plans for the defense of the Nation do not deserve the same level of security?

The policy stipulates that when journalists receive and publish unsolicited classified or sensitive information from government sources, they are “generally” protected in doing so by the First Amendment.

But “if you solicit the disclosure of such information or otherwise encourage [Defense Department] personnel to violate laws and policies concerning the disclosure of such information, such conduct may weigh in the consideration of whether you pose a security or safety risk.”

The Pentagon describes solicitation as including calls for tips encouraging military personnel to share nonpublic information, as many reporters do via their publications or personal social media platforms.

I believe this will affect more to the high officer corps than the rank and file or junior officers. I mean, how many fancy dinners and wine tastings will Generals and Colonel will now have to do without because the Media simply cannot schmooze them for information?

In an op-ed published Tuesday, NPR’s Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman said signing the document “would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable.”

And that is a job you guys have excelled during the Biden years and are still doing for your Democrat puppet masters. So you shouldn’t have issues continuing the labor.

When you are told you do not belong in that particular playground and must stop pissing on it.