Pentagon cancels wire services for Stars and Stripes
The Department of Defense distributed a memo among top Pentagon leadership stating that the Stars and Stripes must stop “purchasing or contracting for news stories, features, syndicated columns, comic strips, and editorial cartoons” as part of a broader “modernization effort.” It further added that the publication, which covers the U.S. armed forces and is owned by the Department of Defense, should republish content from the department’s public affairs office. Stripes leadership said the memo was written without their input, and press freedom advocates said the new content restrictions are an infringement of the Stripes’ editorial independence. Department leadership have previously stated that the Stripes should publish less “woke” content.
