I'm a very strong person for free speech, but 97, 94, 95, 96% of the people are against me in the sense of the newscasts are against me.

When somebody is given 97% of the stories a bad about a person, that's no longer

free speech.

Hi again, everybody. It's now 5 o'clock in New York. You can't have it both ways. Free speech

doesn't mean you can pick and choose just the speech that you like. It means all speech is protected

and not just is it protected, but the fact that it is outlined in the Constitution's very First

Amendment speaks to how important it was to our founders. No matter how loud Donald Trump

likes to blurt that expression, quote, I'm a very strong free speech person. His actions tell a different

story, as well as the actions of those in his administration. The latest infringement comes from

the Pentagon, Pete Hegeseth, restricting what journalists there who cover the defense department can

report on going very much against that key pillar of the First Amendment.

We have just passed a 5 p.m. deadline for the Pentagon Press Corps to sign on to a policy.

Pete Hugg says Pentagon put forward, which the New York Times reports this way.

Quote, the 21-page Pentagon document lays out a number of requirements at odds with freedom of

press protections,

according to lawyers representing news organizations. One is a provision stating that journalists could

be deemed a, quote, security risk based on several considerations, including whether they

disclose classified or even unclassified information without the Pentagon's authorization.

Media lawyers worry that the stricture could expose reporters to punishment for engaging in routine

reporting. Among those not signing onto the Pentagon's new policy, pretty much all of them.

Every news outlet, including MSNBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press,

importantly Newsmax, and many others have all come forward saying they will not approve

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