Pentagon Welcomes Loomer: New Low or Logical Progression?
Newsweek frames Laura Loomer's reported entry into the Pentagon press corps as a 'policy shift,' focusing on the procedural changes that allowed her access. (One might wonder if 'policy shift' is the new euphemism for 'lowering the bar to the Marianas Trench.') What's quietly sidestepped is Loomer's documented history of Islamophobic and antisemitic statements, her ban from multiple social media
platforms, and her self-proclaimed 'proud Islamophobe' stance. This isn't just about a 'policy shift;' it's the U.S. military-industrial complex's quiet embrace of fringe extremism as 'journalism,' granting legitimacy to views that would be condemned if uttered anywhere else. We're expected to believe the Pentagon, which routinely funds weapons for governments accused of human rights abuses
abroad, suddenly has scruples about media access, but not about who gets to propagate their narratives. This isn't a 'report' on policy; it's a soft-launch for allowing propagandists into the halls of power, legitimizing hate speech under the guise of press freedom. One might ask: how many 'policy shifts' before the distinction between official information and outright disinformation fully
collapses?