五角大楼周五解雇了军事报纸《星条旗报》的主编埃里克·斯拉文、发行人麦克斯·莱德勒和中东记者劳拉·科尔特1。三人遭罢免的原因是公开反对国防部对该报的干预1。
斯拉文在接受CBS采访时曾声称"新闻审查将构成不可逾越的红线"，随后被指控违抗命令1。科尔特则在采访中表示："我为《星条旗报》工作——不是为五角大楼、不是为政府、不是为任何政策制定者"1。莱德勒在宣布9月底退休几周后被解雇，他在《星条旗报》工作30年，自2007年以来担任发行人一职1。
此举是特朗普政府第二任期内对媒体采取的最新一系列攻击性措施的一部分1。五角大楼此前在4月解雇了报纸监察员杰奎琳·史密斯，该职位旨在保护编辑独立性1。莱德勒被解雇后，新任副发行人海军上校威廉·厄本是一名现役军人，由五角大楼在莱德勒不知情的情况下安插1。
The Pentagon has dismissed the leadership of Stars and Stripes, the military's official newspaper, citing their public resistance to Department of Defense interference in editorial operations.1 Editor-in-Chief Eric Slaven, Publisher Max Lederer, and Middle East correspondent Laura Colbert were all terminated on Friday.1 Their removals represent the latest in a series of aggressive actions taken against media outlets during the Trump administration's second term.1
Slaven and Colbert faced insubordination charges after defending press independence during a CBS interview.1 Slaven had stated that "news censorship would constitute a red line that cannot be crossed," while Colbert declared, "I work for Stars and Stripes—not for the Pentagon, not for the government, not for any policymaker."1 Lederer, who had worked at the publication for 30 years and served as publisher since 2007, was terminated just weeks after announcing his retirement scheduled for late September.1
The dismissals follow a pattern of institutional change aimed at constraining editorial autonomy at the publication.1 The Pentagon had previously fired the newspaper's ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith, in April—a position designed to protect editorial independence.1 Her removal was followed by the Pentagon installing Navy Captain William Urban, an active-duty military officer, as deputy publisher without Lederer's knowledge.1
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