It's the media buzz meter with Howard Kurtz.

That did not match the moment.

I woke up this morning to an early morning,

Pentagon briefing at which Pete Hegseth,

at a time when there are a lot of difficulties and complications

stemming from the war in Iran chose to attack the press.

He's been attacking the press all along.

And by the way, I discussed this in the video podcast, which we'll have links up later today

with former CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr.

And literally, I'm just jotting down some notes here.

A dishonest and anti-Trump press will stop at nothing. And literally, I'm just jotting down some notes here. A dishonest and anti-Trump press will

stop at nothing. And of course, the head of the Defense Department is going to defend what they've

done so far and militarily. Of course, the United States has crippled Iran. There will not be an

endless abyss or quagmire, says Pete Hegseth.

Nobody delivers perfection all the time. He criticized Bush, Obama, Biden, and ungrateful allies

that a reference to UK, France, and others who were not helping President Trump with the

blockade by the Iranians of the Strait of Hormuz.

And he said, what the press should be saying right now, and everybody else, to this president,

is thank you.

We fight to win and we are winning.

And yet, these are the facts.

Yes, of course, we're winning, but Iran is effectively creating lots of problems.

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