{"id":5878,"date":"2026-08-21T22:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:13:58","slug":"hegseth-launches-twisted-attack-on-free-press-over-carrier-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5878","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Launches Twisted Attack on Free Press Over Carrier Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pete Hegseth\u2019s Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and editor of the independent military news outlet Stars and Stripes for \u201cinsubordination.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5876\">Keystone Kash\u2019s Girlfriend Suffers Humiliating Legal Setback<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long-time publisher Max Lederer and Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin were given \u201cseparation notices\u201d that allow five days to appeal the decision, CBS News reports. Reporter Lara Korte announced on social media that she had also been fired. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Korte and Slavin traced the decision back to interviews they did that aired on CBS Sunday Morning in July. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the notice, I am being fired for stating in a CBS interview that censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line. The Pentagon\u2019s public affairs office has charged me with insubordination,\u201d Slavin told CBS. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by the principle that Stars and Stripes must remain editorially independent, as required by law and by the department\u2019s own policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve the right to a free and independent press,\u201d Korte wrote in a series of posts about her firing. <\/p>\n<p>Although the newspaper operates within the Department of Defense, it is legally mandated by Congress to remain editorially independent. <\/p>\n<p>Lederer had announced on Wednesday his intention to step down from the post he\u2019s held since 2007, since his opinions on how to run the media organization differed in \u201cfundamental ways\u201d to the Pentagon\u2019s plans for Stars and Stripes, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the right step is for me to step down, get out of the way, and let different leadership step in and continue to make this, the great organization that it is, even better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5874\">Natalie Harp Pictured On Trump\u2019s Personal Plane in Leaked Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lederer was slated to finish up his tenure on Sept. 30, but now both he and his editor-in-chief have been turfed out. <\/p>\n<p>The move comes after President Donald Trump, Hegseth, and other military leaders downplayed reporting on dire conditions aboard the <i>USS Abraham Lincoln <\/i>reported by families of service members. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell posted a statement about the news outlet on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are bringing Stars &amp; Stripes into the 21st century. We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale, and adapt it to serve a new generation of service members,\u201d the statement said in part. <\/p>\n<p>In the CBS Sunday Morning interview that led to Slavin\u2019s firing, he said he did not know what the \u201cwoke distractions\u201d Parnell was referring to were. <\/p>\n<p>In an open letter published on Stars and Stripes Friday afternoon, the new military deputy to the publisher, Navy Capt. Bill Urban, said the military remained \u201cdeeply committed\u201d to the editorial independence of the news outlet. <\/p>\n<p>It is funded in part by the American taxpayer, and has a daily circulation of around 1.4 million. The staff are all employed by the Pentagon. <\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense declined to comment on the situation, but a Pentagon official did confirm the separation notices were \u201cvery real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5872\">Trump Biographer Says President Has a Male \u2018Natalie Harp\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Slavin and Lederer did not immediately reply to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth\u2019s Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and editor of the independent military news outlet Stars and Stripes for \u201cinsubordination.\u201d Read more Keystone Kash\u2019s Girlfriend Suffers Humiliating Legal Setback Long-time publisher Max Lederer and Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin were given \u201cseparation notices\u201d that allow five days to appeal the decision, CBS News reports. 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