US EditionPete Hegseth Rips Into CNN
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled a CNN report on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as fake news and backed David Ellison's $111 billion deal to acquire CNN's parent company.
- On Friday, March 13, 2026, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth interrupted a Pentagon briefing to attack CNN's report and urged David Ellison to take over Warner Bros. Discovery.
- CNN's Thursday report said the national security team misjudged Iran's intent to close the Strait of Hormuz, citing multiple unnamed sources and noting the Trump administration ignored Treasury and Energy analyses.
- Labeling the story 'fake news,' a CNN spokesperson said, 'We stand by our reporting.' Hegseth called the report 'patently ridiculous' and mocked alarmist headlines.
- Pentagon reporters have faced new restrictions in recent months, including badge and office changes that cost access, while press photographers were barred from Iran briefings, drawing criticism from Jennifer Griffin.
- Other outlets' reporting on the administration's Iran planning provides contrasting accounts, while Ellison praised CNN earlier this week and promised editorial independence.
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Secretary of Defense and single biggest regret of every woman he’s ever dated or married Pete Hegseth was unhappy. It was the fall of his first year steering the Pentagon into a steep and unrecoverable dive, and the building’s press corps refused to tickle his balls while whispering compliments on his flying skills into his ear.So Hegseth demanded all the reporters on the Pentagon beat adhere to some limiting rules that no self-respecting journa…
According to a report by CNN, the U.S. government has underestimated the risk of blocking the Strait of Hormus when planning air attacks on Iran. The U.S. government responds with anger and subliminal threats.
The U.S. government has massively criticized the CNN news channel for reporting on the Iran war, which was what Secretary of Defense Hegseth thought.
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In the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth gives out sharply against the press. He calls a CNN report "Fake News" and then stabs in the direction of the change of ownership.
Hegseth Wants State Media, Just Like Russia and Hungary
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth used part of his Friday press conference to complain about what he described as negative and “fake” news stories about the administration’s illegal war on Iran, openly pining for the day the son of billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison takes control of CNN. “The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,” said Hegseth, pointing specific…
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