{"id":94955,"date":"2026-08-20T01:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pentagon-officials-considering-firing-longtime-stars-and-stripes-publisher-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T01:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T01:49:07","slug":"pentagon-officials-considering-firing-longtime-stars-and-stripes-publisher-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pentagon-officials-considering-firing-longtime-stars-and-stripes-publisher-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon officials considering firing longtime Stars and Stripes publisher, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014 <\/em>Pentagon officials have discussed firing the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes before his scheduled retirement, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the Trump administration strategizes an overhaul of the military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Max Lederer, who has served as the publisher of Stars and Stripes for 19 years, this week announced to colleagues his decision to retire on Sept. 30, citing fundamental differences with the Trump administration. Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin has spoken publicly, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-battle-over-stars-and-stripes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">including to CBS News<\/a><\/span>, about disagreements with Pentagon leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear when a decision on the news outlet&#8217;s leadership would be made. Spokespeople for the Defense Department didn&#8217;t immediately comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outlet, which receives about 65% of its funding through the Defense Department, has long prided itself on its editorial independence from the public affairs apparatus at the Pentagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell has posted on social media about &#8220;bringing Stars and Stripes into the 21st century,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanParnellASW\/status\/2011802849903009991?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing<\/a> in January: &#8220;We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale, and adapt it to serve a new generation of service members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-battle-over-stars-and-stripes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has reported<\/a><\/span> that an average of 1.4 million people see Stars and Stripes each day\u00a0<em>\u2014<\/em>\u00a0mostly online, although it puts out a print version overseas for service members in remote places where access to the internet can be unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>Two U.S. officials said public records show readership has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/research-starters\/history\/stars-and-stripes-newspaper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined<\/a> since peaks during World War II, the Cold War and the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>Print delivery slid from about 7 million annual copies in 2019 to 6.2 million in 2024, and unique visitors to stripes.com fell about 30% in that period, <a href=\"https:\/\/crow.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/crow-evo.house.gov\/files\/FY2022%20SXS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from<\/a> 20 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to<\/a> 14 million a year, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon staff said there are stacks of newspapers in the building that seem to go untouched, containing articles that service members can access online from other outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Another complaint has been that the newspaper has been mostly an aggregator of news instead of providing predominantly original news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscription services for the fiscal year had been projected to be about $411,000, records show. The outlet no longer uses wire services such as Reuters or The Associated Press. Parnell said in January that the outlet would &#8220;focus on warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality, survivability, and ALL THINGS MILITARY. No more repurposed DC gossip columns; no more Associated Press reprints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked for comment, Lederer in an email to CBS News on Wednesday said he wasn&#8217;t comfortable participating in an interview before he leaves his job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his note to staff on Tuesday, which was obtained by CBS News, Lederer wrote: &#8220;It has become clear that my philosophy of leadership, and my understanding of the value and mission of Stars and Stripes, differ in fundamental ways from the direction the leadership of the Department of Defense has for the organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that until the end of September, &#8220;I will do everything I can to make sure the transition is smooth for each of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the newspaper has reported on failures inside the military itself, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2026-08-12\/japan-base-infrastructure-ig-report-22526529.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deteriorating housing<\/a>, problems in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/army\/2026-01-13\/army-barracks-improvements-better-internet-20396490.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barracks<\/a> and allegations of neglect at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/2024-05-23\/military-child-care-centers-investigation-inspector-general-13953182.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military child care centers<\/a>. It has also published writings critical of military policies and leadership. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II famously defended the newspaper and wanted it to be &#8220;free from propaganda&#8221; and influence from military brass, according to a December 1988 GAO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/nsiad-89-60.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> to Congress examining allegations of military censorship of Stars and Stripes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Stars and Stripes has provided coverage of the war in the Middle East and what it means for service members. It was one of the first outlets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/2026-08-11\/abraham-lincoln-middle-east-mental-health-town-hall-meeting-22506344.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> on the families of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier confronting the acting Navy secretary about the nearly nine-month deployment.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     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