Fired Stars and Stripes editor warns of censorship as Pentagon tightens grip

US Military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired

Erik Slavin, editor-in-chief of the US military newspaper Stars and Stripes, was fired for 'insubordination' a day after telling the BBC he feared censorship. He believes his dismissal stems from an interview where he called censorship a 'red line'. The Pentagon also fired a reporter and the paper's publisher, amid rising tensions between the Trump administration and the media. Slavin notes the Pentagon hasn't held a press conference since May, and the paper's reporting on USS Abraham Lincoln's record 240-day deployment may have played a role.