A paper with a 165-year history of editorial independence is now receiving orders from the Pentagon about the direction it should take.
Stars and Stripes, founded during the Civil War and published continuously since World War II, has long served the U.S. military community under First Amendment protections granted by Congress while receiving Pentagon funding.
That independence now appears under strain after Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, posted a statement on X that suggested the paper would “refocus its content away from woke distractions that siphon morale.”
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