Fox host hits back at MAGA loyalists

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00:00Fox host hits back at MAGA loyalists. Fox News anchor Brett Beyer defended the network after

00:06MAGA supporters criticized its protest of the Pentagon's new press rules. Several news outlets,

00:12including Fox, are protesting a policy announced by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, which the

00:17Pentagon Press Association called an unprecedented message of intimidation. The policy requires

00:22journalists to seek authorization before obtaining or soliciting any information from the Defense

00:27Department. The Pentagon has warned that violating the rules could be considered a criminal act

00:32and would not be protected under the First Amendment. Nearly all outlets have declined to

00:37comply with the new restrictions, which Beyer detailed on Fox News' special report.

00:42I covered the Pentagon for six and a half years. I covered the White House for four years,

00:46he said. I covered the Pentagon, and we knew not to walk into the tank, and the classified areas are

00:52off-limits. We obviously were always trying to get the story from different elements,

00:56and there was a freedom, but everybody had badges with them. At the White House,

01:00I never walked into the Oval Office or the Situation Room. These are stipulations that

01:05essentially are changing the dynamic about how to get information and how they disseminate

01:09information. Beyer responded directly to some of the online backlash. One ex-user wrote,

01:15News agencies don't get unfettered access to military intelligence. Don't care who you are.

01:21Beyer replied, Never did. But thanks.

01:23Another user commented, Sorry at Fox News. No one should have unfettered access to classified

01:29areas. Press restrictions make sense. I was shocked to learn they didn't already exist.

01:34Beyer said, We could never go in classified areas. Never.