{"id":5806,"date":"2025-11-18T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/376-tom-bowman-npr-pentagon-reporter-is-trump-winning-his-war-on-media-reporting-vs-stenography-venezuela-the-table-is-set-gen-hal-moores-lessons-impact-of-huge-cuts-at-npr-pbs\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:54:00","slug":"376-tom-bowman-npr-pentagon-reporter-is-trump-winning-his-war-on-media-reporting-vs-stenography-venezuela-the-table-is-set-gen-hal-moores-lessons-impact-of-huge-cuts-at-npr-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/376-tom-bowman-npr-pentagon-reporter-is-trump-winning-his-war-on-media-reporting-vs-stenography-venezuela-the-table-is-set-gen-hal-moores-lessons-impact-of-huge-cuts-at-npr-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"376. Tom Bowman. NPR Pentagon Reporter. Is Trump Winning His War On Media? Reporting vs Stenography. Venezuela: The Table Is Set. Gen. Hal Moore\u2019s Lessons. Impact of Huge Cuts at NPR &amp; PBS. Are Seattle &amp; NYC Trump\u2019s Next Targets? Ukraine Soccer Inspires."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ANA8021532348\" width=\"100%\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Legendary NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman returns to Independent Americans for a timely, unflinching conversation about war, truth, journalism, and the future of our democracy. Hosted by Paul Rieckhoff (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulRieckhoff\"><u>@PaulRieckhoff<\/u><\/a>), this episode pulls back the curtain on major national security stories the mainstream press can\u2019t or won\u2019t cover\u2014from the White House\u2019s escalating battle against independent media, to looming military action in Venezuela, to how Pentagon secrecy impacts the lives of American troops and families. Tom and Paul dive deep into today\u2019s threats to press freedom, why he handed in his credentials after 28 years, the realities of military reporting post-Iraq and Afghanistan, and what these changes mean for everyday Americans. They also discuss how massive Trump-led Congressional cuts are hitting NPR and PBS, the winning ways of the New England Patriots and Oregon Ducks, parenting, and why hope\u2014and vigilance\u2014matter more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Because every episode of Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff breaks down the most important news stories&#8211;and offers light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It\u2019s independent content for independent Americans. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans is your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope. The podcast that helps you stay ahead of the curve&#8211;and stay vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>-Read Tom\u2019s brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/14\/g-s1-93297\/pentagon-reporter-opinion-press-policy\"><u>essay on why he didn\u2019t play the Pentagon\u2019s games.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Watch Tom\u2019s previous appearance in <a href=\"https:\/\/righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericansV3\/304-tom-bowman-legendary-npr-pentagon-reporter-will-january-6th-happen-again-gen-john-kelly-finally-speaks-out-hamas-leader-sinwar-is-dead-tulsi-gabbard-is-no-longer-a-self-proclaimed-independen\/\"><u>Episode 304 from October 24, 2024<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4VuTNYn5crk\"><u>WATCH video of this episode on YouTube now.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/5457129\/tom-bowman\"><u>Tom\u2019s work<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TBowmanNPR\"><u>social media here<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>-Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/independentveteransofamerica.org\/\"><u>Independent Veterans of America<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/independentamericans\/posts\"><u>Join the movement. 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Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/megaphone.fm\/adchoices\">megaphone.fm\/adchoices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman returns to Independent Americans for a timely, unflinching conversation about war, truth, journalism, and the future of our democracy. Hosted by Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff), this episode pulls back the curtain on major national security stories the mainstream press can\u2019t or won\u2019t cover\u2014from the White House\u2019s escalating battle against independent&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/376-tom-bowman-npr-pentagon-reporter-is-trump-winning-his-war-on-media-reporting-vs-stenography-venezuela-the-table-is-set-gen-hal-moores-lessons-impact-of-huge-cuts-at-npr-pbs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">376. Tom Bowman. NPR Pentagon Reporter. Is Trump Winning His War On Media? Reporting vs Stenography. Venezuela: The Table Is Set. Gen. Hal Moore\u2019s Lessons. Impact of Huge Cuts at NPR &amp; PBS. Are Seattle &amp; NYC Trump\u2019s Next Targets? Ukraine Soccer Inspires.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episodes","entry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",750,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2dcd72dfdde1e2c67f1313ed4e123fb9.jpg",800,800,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/category\/episodes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Episodes<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Legendary NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman returns to Independent Americans for a timely, unflinching conversation about war, truth, journalism, and the future of our democracy. Hosted by Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff), this episode pulls back the curtain on major national security stories the mainstream press can\u2019t or won\u2019t cover\u2014from the White House\u2019s escalating battle against independent&hellip;&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.righteous-media.com\/IndependentAmericans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}