Washington DC, April 21 -- The Secretary of Defence of the United States, Pete Hegseth, in a post on social media, criticised the media's handling of the Signal chat controversy. Hegseth expressed scepticism about the media's sudden interest in the story after a few individuals were fired for leaking information.

Hegseth accused the media of publishing "hit pieces" based on anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, drawing parallels with the Russia hoax controversy. Hegseth also criticised the media for receiving Pulitzer Prizes for what he described as "a bunch of lies," implying that the awards were undeserved.

In a video shared by CSPAN on X, when asked about the Signal chat controversy, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth s...