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Max Lederer, the former publisher of the military publication Stars and Stripes, sounds off on the future of the paper under Pete Hegseth after getting fired by the Pentagon. “How can you be transparent if you don’t have the Pentagon’s voice?” This week, a federal judge declined to stop the Pentagon from dismissing Lederer and two other journalists from the newspaper. The journalists are suing Hegseth, claiming they were retaliated against over negative news coverage and speaking out against press freedom. Lederer tells Jacob Soboroff their lawsuit will “continue on.”
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
Pete Hegseth is trying to shape how the world gets its information about what’s going on inside the military – including changes to military publications like 'Stars and Stripes.' The paper, which is partially funded by the Department of Defense, has historically held editorial independence, but when three of its staffers spoke out – they were fired. The former publisher, Max Lederer, said he tried to stay on and be a “change agent,” but it wasn’t enough.
A federal court judge allowed the Pentagon to move forward with the firing of three Stars and Stripes employees who are suing for wrongful termination.
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.
They alleged in the lawsuit filed last week that the Department of War is retaliating against them for publicly expressing concerns about the paper’s future editorial independence under current Pentagon leadership.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that the journalists are unlikely to successfully prove that the Pentagon violated their First Amendment free speech rights.
Nicolle Wallace is joined by former Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, former Stars and Stripes reporter Lara Korte, and Oliver Darcy for analysis on Deadline White House.