Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference

The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”

By Scott Nover, Liam Scott

Pentagon reportedly fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars & Stripes

Max Lederer and Erik Slavin receive termination notices after publication reported on crew conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln The Pentagon is reported to have fired the publisher and the editor of Stars & Stripes, the US military news outlet that has clashed with the Trump administration and armed forces brass over its partially taxpayer-funded reporting. Publisher Max Lederer and editor Erik Slavin received termination notices, CBS News reported on Friday. The cause cited was insubordinat...

By Edward Helmore

Pentagon officials mulling the firing of military newspaper Stars and Stripes publisher

Stars and Stripes Fox News Digital confirmed faces a leadership shakeup as Pentagon considers terminating publisher Max Lederer before retirement.

Stars and Stripes editor says he was fired by Pentagon as censorship spat escalates

The publisher of the military newspaper announced his retirement earlier this week but also received a separation notice, the editor-in-chief says

By Jocelyn Noveck

Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview

Pentagon Fires Editor Of Stars And Stripes After He Gave An Interview To CBS News And Called Potential Censorship A “Red Line”

The editor in chief of Stars And Stripes, the publication that covers the U.S. military and is partially funded by the U.S. government, said that he was was being fired following an interview he gave to CBS News Sunday Morning in which he talked of censorship being a “red line” for him. Erik Slavin told […]

By Ted Johnson