The Press Proves Secretary Hegseth Right About

It is assured that when the press makes an attempt to lecture the religious on the small print and parameters of the Scripture and Christianity, they’re more doubtless to journey on their rosary and face-plant in the rectory. Watching those attempting to converse not only authoritatively but with condescension on a subject with which they usually maintain contempt is often hilarious.

It is solely a marvel how our media complicated refuses to be taught even the most basic classes. For years, the press has famous the steep decline in public trust in the media, but few, if any, are working to tackle the issue. Instead, they’re content to not only continue delivering fractured variations of journalism but to craft artistic narratives. The Iran battle has seen that apply ramped up even greater, with claims that Iran is profitable the warfare.

Now we now have the press displaying this within the span of sooner or later, and proving their goal appropriate in the method. This morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth laid into the media, describing their warped coverage of Operation Epic Fury as being on par with the Pharisees in the Bible. We lined his feedback from the Pentagon briefing this morning.

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Hegseth said his impression was shaped this Sunday when listening to the sermon from his pastor, and one remark stands out. This is how Hegseth described the press being on par with the Pharisees from the New Testament.

“They were only there to explain away the goodness in pursuit of their agenda. As the passage ends, the Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel against him, how to destroy him.” 

Not only was this a spot-on description of how the media has been behaving, but we noticed them enact this very habits the same day. Within hours of that morning presser, the press actually held counsel against Secretary Hegseth. They would have been clever to maintain their breath.

It was, of all shops, Variety that got here out with the scathing rebuke that Hegseth had misquoted the Bible during one of the allegedly controversial worship classes he hosts at the Pentagon. It is warped enough that a Hollywood commerce paper would weigh in on this, but there’s a motive, even as it acted unreasonably. The leisure outlet tried to declare he mistakenly quoted actor Samuel L. Jackson, delivering strains from the movie “Pulp Fiction”, when he thought he had been quoting the Bible.

And yes, the outlet acquired issues magnificently incorrect.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to evoke Holy Scripture but instead quoted Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” during a Pentagon worship service.

Hagseth read the altered model of Ezekiel 25:17 quoted by Samuel L. Jackson’s character in the film just before he shoots a…

— Variety (@Variety) April 16, 2026

Eagerly becoming a member of the shrieking, in slobbering fashion, was Mother Jones. 

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth quoted a violent and fictional Bible passage practically word-for-word from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in his Wednesday night time worship service at the Pentagon. https://t.co/cCcXyGMYso

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 16, 2026

If we had been to level to one obvious issue that consistently exposes the press is the sheer incapacity (okay, refusal) of journalists to do the most basic research. In my media podcast, I ceaselessly show where those in the commerce end up shaming themselves by failing to do basic investigation when leaping to report on one thing. In masking this supposed slam on Secretary Hegseth, it might have entailed all of possibly one minute of their time to discover out what was really said.

I’ll enable, it’s doable accuracy was not a concern, just focus on speeding out with another hit on the secretary. Well, I dared to really carry out this activity that they steadfastly refused to do. And what are you aware – they acquired issues fully incorrect.

The press is intent to declare Sec. Hegseth said a Samuel L. Jackson quote was a Bible verse.

Because I choose to gentle a candle, slightly than curse their darkness, right here is the video of Pete Hegseth as he repeatedly states he’s studying a prayer spoken during navy missions. pic.twitter.com/etHxrVVB0D

— Brad Slager: GWN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) April 16, 2026

Here are the pertinent passages from his non secular service (key quotes highlighted): 

“Which leads me finally to a prayer that I’ll read, which was also handed to me a couple of days ago, delivered from the lead mission planner of Sandy-1. Sandy-1 were the A-10s that were a part of the daylight rescue mission of 44 Alpha – Dude 44 Alpha out of Iran. So it’s this prayer that was recited by Sandy-1, which is one of the Sandies, to all Sandies, all those A-10 crews prior to all CSAR missions, but especially this CSAR mission that happened in real time. They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17. So the prayer is CSAR 25:17.”

One would assume that when speeding to declare Hegseth was attributing Samuel L. Jackson to the Bible, they’d have the firm details on their aspect. But that would contain the press really considering through their declare. Emotionally speeding hit items out eclipses the use of pragmatic thought. 

But this was certain to occur when journalists need to lecture on theological issues. It could also be time for a commanded separation of church and Press.

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