Pentagon Fires Stars And Stripes Leaders

The Pentagon ousted top leaders at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes.

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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, and Reporter for “Insubordination” * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft

Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief, publisher, reporter - UPI.com

Pentagon fires U.S. military newspaper leadership

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The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and Middle East reporter Lara Korte, issuing separation notices on Friday to the U.S. military news outlet’s senior ranks. Slavin said his notice cited insubordination after he said in an interview that hypothetical censorship of the paper would be a “red line”; Korte said she was fired after saying she works for Stars and Stripes, not the Pentagon. Lederer and Slavin were given five days to appeal. Stars and Stripes is partly Defense Department-funded but operates with editorial independence.

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The Pentagon is using the firings at Stars and Stripes to pressure or undermine the newspaper’s editorial independence. Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department is trying to bring a historically independent military publication under tighter government control, making the move a threat to press freedom.