Hegseth Blasts Media, ‘Disgruntled Former Employees’ Over Signal Controversy

S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. ”The NPR story was revised to reflect that Leavitt had called it “fake news.

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“This @NPR story is total FAKE NEWS based on one anonymous source who clearly has no idea what they are talking about,” the White House spokeswoman wrote. “As the President said this morning, he stands strongly behind @SecDef. ”The White House’s official “Rapid Response” account on X shared a post slamming the report as well, claiming, “Lies from NPR — which, as we all know, is a Fake News propaganda machine.