Pete Hegseth Lauds CNN for Posting a Real Headline – Twitchy

As Twitchy reported, a recent study by Newsbusters showed that 100 percent of media coverage of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was negative, beating out Elon Musk, who could only manage 96 percent. Hegseth has been attacked by Democrats and the press as a white nationalist and an alcoholic. Like President Trump, Hegseth knows that the media is not his friend, so he doesn’t cater to them.

Hegseth recently congratulated fake news CNN on posting “a real headline”:

Finally a real headline from CNN. https://t.co/9Etx6DBHBR

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) May 5, 2025

Cutting the number of four-star generals and admirals? Sounds great! CNN reports:

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated Monday and obtained by CNN.

As of 2023, there were 37 four-star generals and admirals across the entire military.

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In his memo, Hegseth wrote that the cuts are a “critical” step toward “removing redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership by reducing excess general and flag officer positions.”

I voted for this! pic.twitter.com/Tx7IelOgpZ

— Katie Yonke (@JKHomestead) May 5, 2025

Excellent! These overrated generals need to go!

— PatriotRose17 (@PatriotRose17) May 5, 2025

Good call for a top-heavy military.

— Feeling Great Again! (@AIRPWRUSA) May 5, 2025

A good start…..

— Libertarian Dreamz (@sman198287642) May 6, 2025

Finally a real headline from CNN.

— Obeydul Haque (@obeydulX) May 5, 2025

See? People noticed.

A headline without bias? How did this happen?

— Short Term Charisma (@ShortTermChrsma) May 5, 2025

Never fear … CNN managed to find someone opposed to the cuts to “balance” their reporting: Sen. Jack Reed, who warned that “dismissing top officers without ‘sound justification’ could ‘cripple’ the military.” Hegeth offered the sound justification on a podcast, saying roughly a third of the military’s most senior officers are “actively complicit” in the politicization of the military.

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Way way way over due.

— Richard Myers (@RichardMyers405) May 6, 2025

If you’ve met top brass, you’re all for this! 😂

— Just An Average American (@AvrgMerican) May 5, 2025

I am a 23 year veteran of the U.S. Army. Pete Hegseth is the greatest SecDef of my lifetime!! Nobody is even a close 2nd.

— Killer App (@KILLER__APP) May 6, 2025

Thank you.

So nice to have leadership back in the Pentagon again.

If I could sign up and serve again, I would!

— American Warrior for Christ (@johnrackham82) May 6, 2025

We’d been assured by Sen. Tammy Duckworth that Hegseth was bad for morale, especially during a military recruiting crisis. But as Hegseth replied to a post by the Democrats saying he had to go:

Your agenda is illegals, trans & DEI — all of which are no longer allowed @ DoD.

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 21, 2025

Morale seems to be pretty high from what we’ve been reading — not on CNN, but on X.

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