The Department of Defense announced a new 'annual media rotation program' for its press corps, forcing major news outlets like NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, and Politico to vacate their dedicated Pentagon workspaces in two weeks. The program aims to broaden access to limited space in the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets that haven't previously had physical office space at the Pentagon. The selected rotating organizations are One America News Network, the New York Post, Breitbart News Network, and HuffPost, the latter without a Pentagon correspondent and not requesting a space. The Pentagon Press Association expressed concern over the unprecedented move, while the White House stated the administration was 'opening up the briefing room to new media voices'.
NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico must vacate their office spaces in two weeks for other news organizations — including at least one that did not request to be added.The Department of Defense announced Friday night that it will institute a new “annual media rotation program” for its in-house press corps, effectively removing several major news outlets , includingIn addition to NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio and Politico must vacate their dedicated workspaces.
The new outlets rotating in are One America News Network — which will take NBC News’s spot — the New York Post, Breitbart News Network and HuffPost. HuffPost does not have a Pentagon correspondent, and the site did not request a space, spokesperson Lizzie Grams said. and Secretary Hegseth are interested in more hard-hitting coverage of their stewardship of the Defense Department from HuffPost, we are ready to deliver,” Grams said.
Ullyot noted that the vacating outlets continue to be members of the Pentagon press corps, meaning, in part, they “will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously.”
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