Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief, publisher, reporter

The Pentagon fired the publisher, editor-in-chief and at least one reporter at Stars and Stripes, a historically independent military news outlet, on Friday as the department has looked to reshape its coverage in recent months. The Defense Department (DOD) dismissed Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief, publisher Max Lederer and Middle East correspondent Lara Korte, Star and…