Hegseth Launches Twisted Attack on Free Press Over Carrier Scandal

Evelyn Hockstein / REUTERS Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and editor of the independent military news outlet Stars and Stripes for “insubordination.” Long-time publisher Max Lederer and Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin were given “separation notices” that allow five days to appeal the decision, CBS News reports. Reporter Lara Korte announced on social media that she had also been fired. Korte and Slavin traced the decision back to interviews they did that aired on CBS Sunday…