Bloomberg Discovers Pentagon Wants Secrecy, Not Transparency
Bloomberg Politics heralds news organizations, including itself, the New York Times , and Wall Street Journal , for rejecting Pentagon demands for tighter reporting rules, featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. This resistance is presented as a bold stand for press freedom. However, this same media-political complex habitually downplays or outright ignores US military aggression, often
amplifying Pentagon talking points while conveniently forgetting decades of 'embedded journalism' that normalized government control over war narratives. One might wonder where this newfound journalistic backbone was when the Pentagon was approving the sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel just days after the April 1 attack on humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, as reported by the Washington Post on
April 3, 2024. Or when AIPAC, a foreign lobbying group, poured $15.8 million into congressional elections last cycle (OpenSecrets.org, 2022-2024), ensuring a compliant media often avoids critical scrutiny of US-backed conflicts. Their selective outrage suggests that some secrets are more worth keeping than others.