The Pentagon fires important people at the paper Stars and Stripes. These people are the chief editor Erik Slavin and the reporter Lara Korte. Also the publisher Max Lederer must leave. The ministry names disobedience as the reason for the firing.
Erik Slavin gives a TV interview before. He talks about the independence of the paper. He says: Censorship is a red line. The paper must not make PR for the ministry. The reporter Lara Korte says: I work for the paper. I do not work for politicians.
The paper Stars and Stripes writes about the military. It gets money from the state. But it shall report freely. The government of Donald Trump wants to change this. The ministry wants to control the content of the paper. Experts worry now about press freedom in the USA.
