"Press freedom advocates have condemned a move by the Pentagon to seize editorial control of the independent Stars and Stripes newspaper, a daily publication for service members that has covered the US armed forces since the US civil war. The Trump administration announced on Thursday that the outlet would no longer cover woke distractions, and instead modernize its operations and adapt to serve a new generation of service members."
"The Department of War is returning Stars & Stripes to its original mission: reporting for our warfighters, Sean Parnell, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, wrote on X, using the government's informal new nickname for the defense department. It will focus on warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality, survivability, and ALL THINGS MILITARY. No more repurposed DC gossip columns; no more Associated Press reprints. Pentagon officials will now be in charge of content that will be custom tailored to our warfighters, Parnell added."
The Pentagon moved to take editorial control of the independent Stars and Stripes newspaper, a long-running daily for service members. The administration said the outlet will stop covering "woke distractions" and modernize to serve a new generation of service members, focusing on warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality and survivability. A final federal rule removed requirements for a civilian editor and an independent ombudsman hired from outside the Department of Defense. Press freedom groups condemned the change as an attempt to stifle criticism and warned it could turn an independent newsroom into a government mouthpiece, undermining First Amendment protections.
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