3 articles from The Guardian World, The Hill, CBS News.
A federal judge declined to block the Pentagon from firing journalists at Stars and Stripes, ruling that the three or two terminated staffers were unlikely to succeed in their First Amendment claims. The judge's decision allows the Department of Defense to proceed with the firings for alleged insubordination. The Pentagon took action against at least one journalist after she stated in a media interview that she worked for Stars and Stripes rather than for the Pentagon or any administration, raising questions about editorial independence at the military news outlet.
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Ruling allows defense department to proceed for now in exerting greater editorial control over military news outlet A federal judge has declined to stop the Pentagon from firing journalists who say they were illegally punished for speaking out about the need for the Stars and…
A federal judge on Friday declined to stop the Pentagon's termination of three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, ruling they were not likely to succeed in their claims that the firings violated the First Amendment. Judge Trevor McFadden issued the decision…
The Pentagon accused two of the Stars and Stripes journalists of insubordination after one of them had told "CBS Sunday Morning" in a July interview that she worked for Stars and Stripes, "not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker."
