The Pentagon said on social media Thursday it would take over editorial content decision-making for Stars and Stripes in a statement from the Defense Department’s top spokesman. “The Department of War ...
The Pentagon’s directive to refocus "Stars and Stripes" on warfighter messaging has triggered alarms across newsrooms and press freedom groups, raising questions about whether the military’s historic ...
The agency’s chief spokesman outlined plans to intervene in the previously independent newspaper’s coverage. By Erik Wemple The Pentagon on Thursday said it planned to commandeer Stars and Stripes, a ...
The newspaper’s ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith, said she had been given no reason for her dismissal. By Erik Wemple In a blow to independent coverage of the military, the Pentagon has fired the ombudsman ...