{"id":2393404,"date":"2025-01-21T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-hegseth-is-dumber-than-you-think\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T22:35:12","slug":"nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-hegseth-is-dumber-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-hegseth-is-dumber-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC&#8217;s Latest Hit Piece Against Hegseth Is Dumber Than You Think"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-hegseth-is-dumber-than-you-think%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=2393404&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 critiques a recent\u2062 NBC News report that aims to undermine \u2064Pete Hegseth&#8217;s nomination as Defense Secretary by \u200cpresenting allegations from his former\u200d sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, claiming that Pete engaged in\u200b threatening\u2062 behavior that made his second wife\u200b fear for her\u2064 safety. The authors of the piece are\u2064 accused\u2064 of \u200dperforming a hatchet job, as they delay presenting a response from Hegseth&#8217;s second wife, \u2064Samantha, until \u2064deep into their report.Samantha denies \u2064the allegations, stating there was no \u200dphysical\u2062 abuse in \u2064their \u2064marriage and\u200d that the assertions made by her former sister-in-law are inaccurate. Furthermore, the article highlights that both Hegseth\u2062 and Samantha \u2063previously signed a court document affirming that neither claimed to \u2064be a victim\u200b of\u200d domestic abuse. The author suggests\u2063 that NBC is not a reputable news\u200d institution but rather a \u2063platform for leftist propaganda, accusing the outlet of strategically withholding critical facts to promote a political\u200b agenda\u2063 against 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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rwc8EdqqKFE\">Bloomberg Podcasts\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=NBC%E2%80%99s%20Latest%20Hit%20Piece%20Against%20Pete%20Hegseth%20Is%20Even%20Dumber%20Than%20You%20Think&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=NBC%E2%80%99s%20Latest%20Hit%20Piece%20Against%20Pete%20Hegseth%20Is%20Even%20Dumber%20Than%20You%20Think&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=NBC%E2%80%99s%20Latest%20Hit%20Piece%20Against%20Pete%20Hegseth%20Is%20Even%20Dumber%20Than%20You%20Think&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>NBC News dropped a last-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/senators-received-affidavit-containing-new-allegations-pete-hegseth-de-rcna188342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit piece<\/a> aimed at tanking Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">defense secretary nomination<\/a> on Tuesday &mdash; and it&rsquo;s even dumber and more vapid than you&rsquo;d expect.<\/p>\n<p>In their pathetic excuse for &ldquo;journalism,&rdquo; authors Julie Tsirkin, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Courtney Kube detail an affidavit that senators reportedly received on Tuesday from Danielle Hegseth, Pete&rsquo;s former sister-in-law. According to these so-called &ldquo;reporters,&rdquo; Danielle &mdash; whom Hegseth&rsquo;s attorney maintains is an &ldquo;anti-Trump far left Democrat&rdquo; &mdash; alleged that Hegseth engaged in &ldquo;behavior [that] caused his second wife to fear for her safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-211195869\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Danielle describes in the affidavit allegations of volatile and threatening conduct by Hegseth that made his second wife, Samantha Hegseth, fear for her safety,&rdquo; the report reads. <\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/20\/senate-committee-advances-pete-hegseths-defense-secretary-nomination-to-final-floor-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advanced<\/a> by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday and could potentially be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-armed-services-committee-pete-hegseth-vote-defense-secretary-rcna188390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">considered<\/a> by the full Senate later this week. The vote came a week after Hegseth&rsquo;s confirmation hearing before the committee, which earned him support from numerous on-the-fence Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle&rsquo;s claims certainly sound damning &mdash; that is, until you start reading the rest of NBC&rsquo;s hatchet job. <\/p>\n<p>Not until the article&rsquo;s <em>ninth<\/em> <em>paragraph<\/em> are readers provided Samantha&rsquo;s response to Danielle&rsquo;s unsubstantiated allegations. While maintaining that she has never &ldquo;asked anyone to share or speak about the details of [her] marriage [to Hegseth] on [her] behalf,&rdquo; Samantha subsequently stated, &ldquo;I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc&rsquo;d my lawyer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was no physical abuse in my marriage. This is the only further statement I will make to you, I have let you know that I am not speaking and will not speak on my marriage to Pete. Please respect this decision,&rdquo; Samantha said when pressed by the outlet about what information wasn&rsquo;t accurate. <\/p>\n<p>Got that? The woman whom NBC reported as having been the purported victim of alleged &ldquo;volatile and threatening conduct&rdquo; by Hegseth is saying the allegations aren&rsquo;t true.<\/p>\n<p>If that wasn&rsquo;t damning enough, the authors admitted several paragraphs later that &ldquo;[b]oth Pete Hegseth and Samantha Hegseth signed a 2021 court document that said neither parent claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So, why was this incredibly relevant information buried deep in the article after remarks from a Democrat senator opposed to Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination? And why is this entire debacle even a story?<\/p>\n<p>The answer to those questions rests in the fact that &mdash; contrary to its name &mdash; NBC News is not a &ldquo;news&rdquo; organization. It&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-leftist-propaganda-machine-that-cemented-andrew-cuomos-status-as-hero-of-covid-19\/\" title=\"Inside The Leftist Propaganda Machine That Cemented Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Status As \u2018Hero Of COVID-19\u2019\">leftist propaganda machine<\/a> whose sole purpose is to advance the Democrat Party agenda by engaging in lies, deception, and slander. <\/p>\n<p>In the same vein, Tsirkin, Fitzpatrick, and Kube aren&rsquo;t real journalists. They&rsquo;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/explosive-pennsylvania-testimony-explains-how-leftist-money-infiltrated-election-offices-in-2020\/\" title=\"Explosive Pennsylvania Testimony Explains How Leftist Money Infiltrated Election Offices In 2020\">left-wing political activists<\/a> trying ever so hard to deceive Americans into believing they&rsquo;re modern-day versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Richards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mary Richards<\/a>. But unlike the fictional character, they have no sense of decorum or decency to spare. <\/p>\n<p>This latest hit piece holds the same purpose as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/04\/100-percent-bullsh-t-fox-news-talent-shoot-down-nbcs-smear-campaign-against-pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">those<\/a> that have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/20\/court-records-blow-holes-in-the-new-york-times-latest-anti-hegseth-smear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">come before<\/a> it: to sink Hegseth&rsquo;s confirmation and prevent a reformer from leading the Pentagon. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans have an obligation to reject these disgusting tactics and support Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination. Those who give credence to the legacy media smear machine are a disgrace and simply undeserving of public office. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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