The Pentagon fired three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, but the outlet’s former publisher believes the real reason was based on reporting.
A federal judge has cleared the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists after rejecting their request to halt the terminations, a move their attorney warns could threaten editorial independence at the military-run news outlet. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued the ruling Friday in Washington, D.C., denying an injunction that would have prevented […] The post Federal judge allows Pentagon to proceed with firing of Stars and Stripes journalists appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal judge has cleared the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists after rejecting their request to halt the terminations, a move their attorney warns could threaten editorial independence at the military-run news outlet. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued the ruling Friday in Washington, D.C., denying an injunction that would have prevented the Pentagon from firing publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, and reporter Lara Korte while their lawsuit challenging the dismissals continues. The decision means the Pentagon can move forward with terminating all three employees, who argue they are being punished for defending the paper’s independence and for speaking out about conditions aboard a U.S. Navy…Open
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon can fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, the latest in a series of blows to press freedoms in the military as the agency has sought to undo the newspaper’s editorial independence. Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin speaks with CNN following the ruling.
The Pentagon fired three top Stars and Stripes editorial staff this month -- the editor-in chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer and correspondent Lara Korte for alleged insubordination opposing military censorship. The firings follow a media interview with CBS defending the publication's editorial independence against the Department of Defense's ongoing pressure to restrict content. USA Today reporter BrieAnna Frank joins LiveNOW's Andy Mac to break down the firings and subsequent backlash from free press advocacy groups.
On Friday, three journalists from "Stars and Stripes" say they were abruptly fired by the Pentagon for "insubordination" following an interview with CBS News. Lara Korte, who was one of the journalists fired from Stars and Stripes, joins Peter Alexander to speak out.
On Friday, three journalists from "Stars and Stripes" say they were abruptly fired by the Pentagon for "insubordination" following an interview with CBS News. Lara Korte, who was one of the journalists fired from Stars and Stripes, joins Peter Alexander to speak out.
Erik Slavin, who was fired as editor in chief of the Pentagon-funded newspaper Stars and Stripes Friday says he is concerned about the paper’s ability to provide independent news following sweeping changes at the publication Slavin was terminated Friday along with the newspaper’s publisher and a reporter amid Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s growing crackdown on journalists’ access to the military.
‘I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon’
“The Pentagon’s public affairs office has charged me with insubordination,” top editor Erik Slavin said.
“The Pentagon’s public affairs office has charged me with insubordination,” top editor Erik Slavin said.Open
The editor-in-chief of the "Stars and Stripes" military newspaper who was just fired by the Pentagon is now speaking out in his first interview since his termination. Erik Slaven says he was fired for insubordination after telling CBS news any censorship of news for military service members would cross a "red line." Slavin tells Erin Burnett he is "proud" to uphold a standard "put into place by General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II." Read more: https://cnn.it/4xac8Sn