US EditionHegseth's Comments Are a Reminder that Government Isn't Always Eager to Show the Human Cost to War
Pentagon official Pete Hegseth criticized media for emphasizing U.S. casualties in Iran conflict, calling some coverage fake news amid six reservists killed in Kuwait.
- On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized the news media at a Pentagon briefing while addressing the six U.S. Army reservists killed in an Iranian attack on an operations center in Kuwait.
- Coverage of the war has shifted, with visuals often distant and resembling a video game; a CNN team led by Frederik Pleitgen entered Iran on Thursday, while the Pentagon's historical ban on coffins was lifted in 2019.
- Audiences have historically sought personal details about fallen service members, and Dan Lamothe, military affairs reporter for The Washington Post, said `Hegseth's comments won't stop him from covering war casualties.`
- In immediate pushback, media figures and the White House clashed as CNN's Jake Tapper said Hegseth's view `is a warped way of looking at the world`, and Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, doubled down.
- Observers caution that limited visibility risks future public forgetfulness, as Timothy Naftali, senior research scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, said many presidents kept war realities out of homes.
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Hegseth's remarks highlight the government's reluctance to show human costs of war
Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it “wants to make the president look bad” are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and trepidation about news that reminds Americans of the human cost of war.
San Bernardino Sun
Hegseth’s comments are a reminder that government isn’t always eager to show the human cost to war
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it “wants to make the president look bad” are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and trepidation about news that reminds Americans of the human cost of war. During his Pentagon briefing on the war on Wednesday, Hegseth bashed “fake news” while ad…
Boston Herald
Independent EspañolBy DAVID BAUDER The statements by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, that the U.S. press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the war with Iran because “it wants to make the president look bad” recall something that has persisted over many decades and conflicts: the tension and fear over the news reminding Americans of the human cost of the war. Hegseth attacked the “fake news” during his Pentagon briefing on the war, referring to the six U.S…
Government has historically balked at coverage of US casualties
Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it “wants to make the president look bad” are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and trepidation about news that reminds Americans of the human cost of war.
Associated Press News
Hegseth's comments are a reminder that government isn't always eager to show the human cost to war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn negative attention for his comment that the press has emphasized casualties in the Iran war because it wants to make President Donald Trump look bad.
Hegseth’s comments are a reminder that government isn’t always eager to show the human cost to war - Regional Media News
Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it "wants to make the president look bad" are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and trepidation about news that reminds Americans of the human cost of war. During his Pentagon briefing on the war on Wednesday, Hegseth bashed "fake news" while addressing the six U.S. Army reserv…
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