{"id":2647697,"date":"2026-08-21T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-new-york-times-is-nakedly-lying-about-jennifer-hegseth-and-its-pathetic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:02:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-new-york-times-is-nakedly-lying-about-jennifer-hegseth-and-its-pathetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-new-york-times-is-nakedly-lying-about-jennifer-hegseth-and-its-pathetic\/","title":{"rendered":"The NYT Is Nakedly Lying About Jennifer Hegseth, And It&#8217;s Pathetic"},"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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthe-new-york-times-is-nakedly-lying-about-jennifer-hegseth-and-its-pathetic%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=2647697&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 New York Times story claiming that Jennifer Hegseth&#8217;s high-profile and hands-on role as a Pentagon spouse is unprecedented. It counters this assertion by providing historical examples of othre prominent military spouses,such as Stephanie Carter and janet Langhart-Cohen,who actively participated in military and public events.the piece highlights that such active roles for spouses, including attending official functions and appearing in promotional videos, have occurred before. The author questions the Times&#8217;s portrayal of Hegseth&#8217;s behavior as unique, suggesting a lack of historical awareness or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-israels-evidence-that-an-islamic-jihad-rocket-caused-gaza-hospital-explosion\/\" title=\"Israel presents evidence linking Islamic Jihad rocket to Gaza hospital explosion.\">proper fact-checking<\/a> within the publication. The article concludes by criticizing the Times\u2019s apparent failure to verify claims about unprecedented behavior and calls into question the publication\u2019s journalistic standards.  <\/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>\n<p>The New York Times, August 19:<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See that claim clearly: <em>Never before<\/em> has the wife of a Pentagon leader had a high profile and hands-on role. It\u2019s shocking and unprecedented. The wives of senior leaders in the armed forces usually don\u2019t go anywhere near any military events, you see. Chasing that theme, the opening paragraphs warn that Jennifer Hegseth is even attending <em>official<\/em> events and meeting servicemembers. \u201cThere has never been a Pentagon spouse quite like Jennifer Hegseth,\u201d the first sentence says.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: There absolutely has. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Stephanie_Carter,_second_from_right,_the_wife_of_U.S._Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter,_third_from_right,_thanks_troops_at_the_Craig_Joint_Theater_Hospital_at_Bagram_Airfield_in_Parwan_province_131128-D-BW835-392.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">normal behavior<\/a>, and the wives of many SecDefs have had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kate-middleton-spotted-in-public-for-first-time-since-surgery-amid-wild-speculation-from-fans\/\" title=\"Kate Middleton seen in public after surgery, fans speculate wildly\">significant public role<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/picryl.com\/media\/stephanie-carter-top-center-the-wife-of-us-deputy-secretary-of-defense-ash-012465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephanie Carter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/211094\/karen_pence_and_leah_esper_hold_roundtable_with_military_spouses_at_fort_detrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leah Esper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/526422\/mrs-rumsfeld-shares-sympathy-good-wishes-with-attack-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joyce Rumsfeld<\/a>. This story is illustrated with a photograph of Stephanie Carter meeting with troops while her husband, Ash Carter, served as Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>But one example is especially important. Read the second paragraph of the Times story on Jennifer Hegseth closely, because there\u2019s language in here that you\u2019re going to see again:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In May she was in camouflage shorts and a sweat-drenched T-shirt that said \u201cThis Is War\u201d working out with sailors, Marines and her husband, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, on the deck of the U.S.S. Boxer in Singapore. In June she and six of the couple\u2019s seven children accompanied Mr. Hegseth to the D-Day commemoration in Normandy, where a Defense Department promotional video with a swelling, cinematic soundtrack captured husband and wife walking arm in arm on Omaha Beach. The imagery seemed to cast her as the first lady of the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She has such a shockingly high public profile that she seems to be acting like <em>the first lady of the Pentagon<\/em>, which is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<p>Now, try this for yourself: Google the name of Janet Langhart-Cohen, the wife of the former Clinton-era Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and see how many search results <em>proudly<\/em> describe her as \u201cthe first lady of the Pentagon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Bowdoin College made a show of only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/for-the-sake-of-honor-langhart-cohen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">granting honorary degrees<\/a> to women. The top honoree who got an honorary degree that year was\u2026<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Guess why everybody called her that. If you want to read a news story from 1999 about Janet Langhart-Cohen taking an extremely active role in the Department of Defense, you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1999\/03\/21\/us\/two-for-america-beat-the-drums-for-the-military.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that story<\/a> in a publication called \u2026 The New York Times. In 1999, the Times <em>celebrated<\/em> Langhart-Cohen\u2019s active public role in the armed forces:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It is William S. Cohen, the current Secretary of Defense, who shares the front of Parade magazine with his wife, Janet Langhart Cohen, under the headline, \u201dTwo For America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That portrait is not just another example of Mr. Cohen\u2019s famous sentimentality. (True, the former Republican Senator, who married three years ago on Valentine\u2019s Day, has written, among other things, an ode to the F-15 fighter jet.) The headline is an apt description of a rare public relations campaign by the husband-wife Cohen team. With public appearances, musical events and Mrs. Cohen\u2019s new weekly television show broadcast to armed forces bases around the globe, the Cohens are on a mission to bridge the gap between the civilian and military cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Cohen has undertaken a role that is almost unheard for a Cabinet spouse, even one known as the First Lady of the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Does anyone at The New York Times read The New York Times?<\/p>\n<p>But beyond that, is there anyone left at The New York Times who knows <em>anything<\/em>, or remembers <em>anything<\/em>, or has a basic foundation of knowledge that would allow them to test claims about unprecedented behaviors?<\/p>\n<p>Failing that, is there an editor in the building who knows how to use Google?<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s evidence, apparently not.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYT claims Pentagon spouse&#8217;s high-profile role is unprecedented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2647698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stephanie-carter-scaled.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84491,5157,4188,50738,15823],"class_list":["post-2647697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-jennifer-hegseth","tag-journalism","tag-media","tag-misinformation-2","tag-nyt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stephanie-carter-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647697","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\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647701,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647697\/revisions\/2647701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}