Claim: The New York Times has described DoD News Channel as the Pentagon's "media branch" or "internal news service", thus it was shuttered during a 2018 internal realignment.
Evidence: The New York Times has described it as the Pentagon's "media branch" or "internal news service". DOD News was in turn shuttered during a 2018 internal realignment. The American Forces Press Service (AFPS) was the news service provided by the Defense Media Activity (formerly the American Forces Information Service), part of the United States Department of Defense.