Article in The Atlantic by Erik Slavin, 9/9/26
Headline: “The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes“
Subhead: “For generations, the newspaper has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.”
“. . .Uniformed military leaders have not lost the means to analyze and act on useful journalism. But publicly denouncing the reporting or the news outlet makes it far less likely that they will. Attacking people for telling the truth creates a chilling effect for truth tellers—including those who are themselves in the military.
“The best journalism unearths information that complex bureaucracies overlook or suppress, intentionally or not. . .”
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