"O'Reilly joined others in the press in protesting Department of Defense Pete Hegseth's new rule requiring press outlets to sign an agreement and limiting their reporting freedom. I know on social media, some MAGA people are going, ah, that's right, Hegseth's right.' Let's make all the press agencies that cover the Pentagon sign a paper that they will not report anything that happens in the Pentagon unless they get permission from Pete Hegsath. Are you kidding me? O'Reilly said."
"One of them was the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which was a big Pentagon expenditure. Remember, the Pentagon spends almost a trillion dollars a year, discretionary. That means they spend it on whatever they want. Bradley Fighting Vehicle, they would spend enormous money on. They were triple billing. There were corrupt people inside the Pentagon triple billing. That means they were paying three times as much to build that vehicle as they should have."
New Pentagon policy requires press outlets covering the Pentagon to sign agreements restricting reporting absent Pentagon permission. The rule generated protests from multiple news organizations and criticism from media figures. President Trump expressed skepticism before ultimately withdrawing opposition. Bill O'Reilly referenced his 1988 ABC reporting on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, alleging triple billing and corruption inside the Pentagon and noting that the investigation aired without seeking Pentagon permission and won a National Headliner Award. Major outlets including Fox News, NBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, AP, The Washington Post, and The New York Times rejected the new agreement requirement.
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