Gabrielle Cuccia, a journalist with a pro-Trump outlet, was terminated after publicly criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for instituting restrictive media access at the Pentagon. Cuccia expressed concern over the intentions behind these new policies, which she viewed as alarming. Her criticisms were particularly focused on the significance of media freedom and transparency. Coining the controversy as 'Signalgate,' she pointed out the lack of press interactions since Hegseth's management began, emphasizing that the real leaks were from within the Defense Department rather than the press.
Gabrielle Cuccia, the former chief Pentagon correspondent for OAN, asserted the Pentagon has severely restricted media access under Hegseth, stating, 'The real leaks from the Pentagon haven't come from the press, they've come from Hegseth's own team.'
In her Substack, Cuccia criticized the defense department's motives, expressing her frustration with the media restrictions: 'As a MAGA girl myself, I cannot stand when we take something super serious and legitimate and conflate it with the Russia Hoax.'
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