{"id":2377101,"date":"2024-12-06T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-goes-too-far-in-bid-to-discredit-pete-hegseth-insults-thousands-of-veterans-in-the-process\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:25:30","slug":"washington-post-goes-too-far-in-bid-to-discredit-pete-hegseth-insults-thousands-of-veterans-in-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-goes-too-far-in-bid-to-discredit-pete-hegseth-insults-thousands-of-veterans-in-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Goes Too Far in Bid to Discredit Pete Hegseth, Insults Thousands of Veterans in the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-goes-too-far-in-bid-to-discredit-pete-hegseth-insults-thousands-of-veterans-in-the-process%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2377101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses concerns\u200b surrounding Pete Hegseth, the nominee for Secretary of Defense\u2063 under\u2062 President-elect Donald Trump. It argues that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-has-plenty-of-good-reasons-to-boot-democrats-from-committee-seats-especially-adam-schiff\/\" title=\"McCarthy Has Plenty Of Good Reasons To Boot Democrats From Committee Seats (Especially Adam Schiff)\">established political media<\/a>,\u200b particularly\u200d The washington Post, is attempting to undermine\u2063 hegseth&#8217;s credibility by disparaging his military achievements, notably his Bronze Star award. Critics claim the media\u2064 is\u2064 using selective sourcing and expert commentary \u200dto downplay\u200d the significance of the \u200caward, \u2063presenting it as a common recognition rather than a commendation for valor. This narrative has led to strong backlash\u200b on social media, with\u2063 many commenters defending Hegseth \u2062and criticizing the media\u2019s portrayal\u200c of military honors. The piece concludes by suggesting that the entrenched media are out of \u2064touch and desperate \u200cto discredit\u2062 a political outsider like Hegseth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The establishment fears Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s nominee for secretary of defense. Thus, the establishment has unleashed its loathsome media minions &mdash; Democratic activists masquerading as journalists &mdash; in an attempt to discredit Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, those minions have not yet recognized that their days of influence have ended. We know their game, for we have seen it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-nancy-pelosi-exposes-wrap-smear-now-used-pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/12\/05\/pete-hegseth-bronze-star\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=wp_politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> hit perhaps a new low in establishment &ldquo;journalism&rdquo; with a shameful story &mdash; lightly and selectively sourced for nefarious purposes &mdash; designed to diminish the significance of Hegseth&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medalsofamerica.com\/blog\/what-is-a-bronze-star\/#:~:text=World%20War%20II%3A%20395%2C380%20recipients,service%20and%20170%2C626%20for%20valor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bronze Stars<\/a>, an award for &ldquo;bravery and courage&rdquo; that he happens to  with hundreds of thousands of his fellow veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Military experts say there is a mistaken belief among much of the American public that the Bronze Star is a rarefied award exclusively for battlefield heroics, which has distorted and inflated its significance in many cases,&rdquo; per The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, throughout the story The Post referred to &ldquo;experts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>For instance, the U.S. military awarded the Bronze Star &ldquo;somewhat liberally throughout the wars in Iraq and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-navy-seal-congressman-lays-4-disastrous-results-harris-afghanistan-leadership-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>, experts say.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, such awards generally &ldquo;recognize efforts during a deployment rather than a specific action or moment, military experts said.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One such &ldquo;expert,&rdquo; former Army officer Jason Dempsey, characterized the award as akin to a participation badge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The expectation is you&rsquo;re getting one, unless you mess up,&rdquo; Dempsey said, calling the award &ldquo;fairly routine and bureaucratic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Katherine L. Kuzminski, another &ldquo;expert,&rdquo; bemoaned the fact that Americans tend to show decorated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thousands-retired-officers-veterans-volunteering-unprecedented-deportation-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veterans<\/a> too much deference.<\/p>\n<p>Service awards, she said, &ldquo;signal credibility that may not actually carry into other areas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So &ldquo;experts&rdquo; said. But the devil, as always, lies in the details.<\/p>\n<p>The Post identified Kuzminski as &ldquo;a military policy expert at the Center for a New American Security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the leftist magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/center-new-american-security-cnas-kamala-harris-foreign-policy-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In These Times<\/a> characterized the Center for a New American Security as &ldquo;the Hawkish Liberal Think Tank Powering the Kamala Harris Campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lo and behold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnas.org\/people\/jason-dempsey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dempsey<\/a> also has served as Adjunct Senior Fellow of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at CNAS.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, The Post denigrated Hegseth and other veterans by quoting two people from a liberal think tank aligned with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-calls-complete-audit-kamala-campaign-almost-unfathomable-damage-done-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Establishment journalists know no shame.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, voters know this by now.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve really outdone yourselves this time. This is true bottom of the barrel stuff, you insufferable hacks,&rdquo; Dustin Grage of the conservative news outlet Townhall wrote Thursday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You&rsquo;ve really outdone yourselves this time.<\/p>\n<p>This is true bottom of the barrel stuff, you insufferable hacks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrageDustin\/status\/1864849071619621280?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You people really are clueless,&rdquo; another X user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ROFL. The same media who tried to hype stolen valor Tim Walz&rsquo;s ARCOM wants to talk trash about the Bronze Star?!?!<\/p>\n<p>You people really are clueless.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#128227;&#128267; Free ASF (@STotino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STotino\/status\/1864838910934732977?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the reaction to The Post&rsquo;s story on X looked almost unanimously hostile.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ahaha never seen a 476:8 comment:like ratio before,&rdquo; one user posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ahaha never seen a 476:8 comment:like ratio before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchRatio?\">@WatchRatio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sauer Patch Lyds (@sourpatchlyds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sourpatchlyds\/status\/1864854215002083628?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So nobody at WaPo was like, &ldquo;Maybe we shouldn&rsquo;t marginalize military accomplishments?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MJB (@MJBoylen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJBoylen\/status\/1864841075309056462?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You do not hate the media enough, no matter how much you think you do.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1864850060733022613?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liar. You should be ashamed. The Bronze Star is earned by valor and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete (@PeteFla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteFla\/status\/1864843509615706358?\">December 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In sum, The Post story amounted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/numerous-former-colleagues-pete-hegseth-rush-set-record-straight-nbcs-cowardly-hit-piece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another<\/a> very obvious, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">establishment-ordered hatchet job<\/a> on Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-talk-to-me-that-way-dont-ever-talk-to-the-president-that-way-president-trump-slaps-down-media-hack-sets-the-record-straight-on-sham-election-video\/\" title=\"No Respect...&quot;Don&#039;t Talk to Me That Way - DON&#039;T EVER Talk to the President That Way!&quot; - President Trump SLAPS DOWN Media Hack - Sets the Record Straight on Sham Election (VIDEO)\">establishment media hacks<\/a> would stoop so low suggests either that they do not know that their days of influence have ended, or that their establishment masters are so desperate to derail the nomination of a political outsider that they do not care about shamelessly disguising Democratic partisans as &ldquo;military experts&rdquo; in order to denigrate thousands of Hegseth&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-army-100-navy-seals-target-dc-huge-move-ensure-hegseth-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fellow veterans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In response, they have deployed their biased media allies\u2014Democratic activists posing as journalists\u2014to undermine Hegseth&#8217;s reputation. It seems these individuals have not yet realized that their influence is waning. We are familiar with their tactics, having witnessed them repeatedly in the past. Recently, The Washington Post published a particularly low-quality article that selectively sourced information to diminish the importance of Hegseth&#8217;s Bronze Stars\u2014awards he shares with many veterans for acts of bravery and courage. The article suggested that there is a common misconception among Americans regarding the rarity and significance of the Bronze Star, citing &#8220;military experts&#8221; who claim it has been awarded too liberally during recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One such &#8220;expert,&#8221; former Army officer Jason Dempsey, likened it to a participation badge, implying that receiving one is expected unless one fails to meet standards. Another expert criticized American reverence for decorated veterans as misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s important to note that both experts quoted by The Post are affiliated with a liberal think tank known for its ties to Vice President Kamala Harris. This raises questions about the objectivity behind their comments aimed at discrediting Hegseth and other veterans.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash against The Post\u2019s article on social media was overwhelmingly negative, with users expressing disbelief at its content and questioning why no one at the publication thought it inappropriate to belittle military achievements.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, this piece from The Post appears to be another blatant attempt by establishment media to attack Hegseth under orders from those threatened by his nomination\u2014a sign either of desperation or ignorance regarding their diminishing power in shaping public opinion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pete-Hegseth-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44930,4873,32293],"class_list":["post-2377101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-veterans","tag-washington-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Pete-Hegseth-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377105,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377101\/revisions\/2377105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}