We thought MSNBC was bad, but CBS News is trying really hard to keep up. Reporter Jennifer Jacobs has a very important story — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a makeup studio at the Pentagon. Tell us they didn't have any mirrors in the green room at the White House briefing room during the Biden administration so that Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre could check their hair.

What a scoop!

… previously had minimal furnishings. A new director-style chair and large mirror with makeup lighting was installed. 

Hegseth has used the briefing room for Fox News hits. 

A spokesperson confirmed the green room changes and said: "For this upgrade we were deliberately conservative and opted for several less expensive, on-hand materiel solutions."

Jacobs and Ellee Watson report:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News. 

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures. 

"Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration," a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. 

The renovation that was initially planned was estimated to cost more than $40,000, but the ideas were scaled back, sources said.

Hegseth, before becoming defense secretary, was a morning show co-host on Fox News' "Fox & Friends Weekend." Since his nomination, he has vowed to emphasize improvements in the armed forces' warfighting abilities and military readiness.

The Defense Department jumped in with a photo of the new makeup studio:

Yeah, remember Joe Biden's little TV studio?

"We are real news, Mr. President."

This is what CBS News is reporting on today. We guess they're still trying to piggyback on the momentum of that fake news story about Trump looking to replace Hegseth.