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Pete Hegseth's airing of media grievances

Plus: Inside that Bezos meeting with WaPo Friday, March 13, 2026 View in browser   Received this email from a friend? Sign up here. TGIF! Here's the latest from CNN, CBS, The AP, Axios, NY1, BuzzFeed, Disney, Substack, and Universal Pictures. But first…   Hegseth's airing of media grievances Last night, after at least four Americans were killed in an Air Force refueling plane crash in Iraq, the Pentagon announced another Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine press conference.   Since Hegseth was widely criticized for complaining about the press before acknowledging the deaths of service members last week, I figured he'd handle things differently this time.   Instead, he followed the same script. Before speaking about the tanker crash, Hegseth attacked CNN  and said, "The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better."   Hegseth was saying the quiet part out loud, bluntly statin...