US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired

Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, was dismissed by the Department of Defense for alleged insubordination, along with a reporter and the publication's publisher. Slavin believes his firing stemmed from comments he made during a CBS interview where he described censorship as a hypothetical "red line," though he received no official explanation for his termination. The dismissals occur against a backdrop of increasing tensions between the Trump administration and media organizations, with the Pentagon not holding press conferences since May and implementing new restrictive policies for journalists.