New York Times blasted for ‘idiotic' fact check on Hegseth's pilot comments
Sky News host Rita Panahi says the New York Times is now running fact checks – objecting to Pete Hegseth's comments about B-2 bomber pilots.
Pentagon reporter John Ismay criticised Hegseth for referring to B-2 pilots as 'our boys', when both men and women have been trained to fly them.
'What an absolutely idiotic thing to obsess about,' Ms Panahi said.

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