Stars and Stripes Board Members Sue Pentagon Over New Restrictions
The plaintiffs say the restrictions curb independent reporting and violate federal law, as the Pentagon also removed a regulation protecting the paper’s autonomy.
- On Wednesday, two Stars and Stripes publisher advisory board members sued the Pentagon, alleging new restrictions on the military newspaper constitute illegal censorship and erode First Amendment protections.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's adviser Sean Parnell announced in January that the Pentagon would "modernize" and "refocus" the publication, removing regulatory protections to adapt the paper for a new generation of service members.
- The lawsuit, filed by Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalists Susan Suki Dardarian and William Bill Church, argues the Pentagon's March 9 memorandum violates the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act and threatens editorial independence.
- Dismissing the legal challenge in a Wednesday post, Defense Department spokesman Parnell characterized the suit as "without merit," asserting the department expects to prevail.
- Observers and lawmakers have expressed concern that the Pentagon's actions, including the firing of the publication's ombudsman, compromise the independent journalism relied upon by the military community for generations.
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Plaintiffs sue Pentagon over Stars and Stripes limits; Shaheen bill protects 'editorial independence'
Two plaintiffs said in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that recent Pentagon actions targeting Stars and Stripes violate federal law and should be blocked.
Pentagon's Control Over Stars & Stripes Challenged in Federal Lawsuit
A federal lawsuit seeks to block Pentagon efforts to reshape Stars and Stripes, arguing recent policy changes threaten the editorial independence of the military newspaper that has served troops for generations.
Lawsuit: Pentagon Is Censoring Stars And Stripes Paper
The Washington Post reports: Two advisory board members of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence from the government, sued the Defense Department on Wednesday, alleging that an effort to impose new restrictions on the paper was an act of illegal censorship. The complaint, filed in federal district court in Washington, comes from Susan “Suki” Dardarian and William “Bill” Church, two Pulitzer-Prize-…
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