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Pentagon orders shutdown of independent Stars and Stripes newspaper
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| Sept 4, 2020
Posted on 09/04/2020 12:49:40 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication.
The order to halt publication by Sept. 30, and dissolve the organization by the end of January, follows the Pentagon’s move earlier this year to cut the $15.5 million in funding for the paper from the Defense Department budget. And it is a reflection of the Trump administration’s broader animosity for the media and members of the press.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: media; military; militarynewspaper; pentagon; starsandstripes
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Can't say I ever anticipated a new Star and Stripes issue at anytime during my military career. Only read it when I happened upon a copy.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Isn’t it owned by Gannett? Then why subsidize it?
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:51:01 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Trump tweeted out that this is not going to happen on HIS watch
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Stars and Stripes went full woke years ago.
Reading it in Afghanistan a few years ago…I swear I was reading something produced by Taliban Rose.
Let it die.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:51:33 PM PDT
by
2banana
(Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Only when stationed in Japan did it have an impact. But internet made it obsolete.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:51:55 PM PDT
by
Salvavida
Since Trump took office, the S&S became very biased against POTUS. I saw it.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:52:13 PM PDT
by
BlackFemaleArmyColonel
(No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I don’t think I ever read it.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:52:25 PM PDT
by
Rannug
(When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.l)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump 10m
The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to
@starsandstripes magazine under my watch. It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:52:31 PM PDT
by
madprof98
To: 2banana
Stars and Stripes went full woke years ago.
Exactly. It was taken over by the far left years ago.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:52:53 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
“ Trumps animosity”
What a pile of crap
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:54:02 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(A live Biden speech is like a solar eclipse: rare, and leaves everyone in the dark)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Never bothered reading it. Read plenty of pm weekly though.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:55:17 PM PDT
by
JohnDeereGreen
(It's time to rally once again!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:56:16 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Is the OVERSEAS WEEKLY still being printed? Talk about a scandal sheet back in the 1960s!
To: where's_the_Outrage?
A 15.5 million dollar budget?!
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:56:53 PM PDT
by
glennaro
(Democrat/Left Party core principle: You can control anyone if you frighten them enough.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I’ve seen it when I was active duty in the 70s and also at the VA recently.
It is a left wing rag now and it sucked during the Carter 70s.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:58:14 PM PDT
by
airborne
(I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
To: JohnDeereGreen
Ps monthly is what I meant. Couldnt remember the dang name. Old timers kicking in.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:58:19 PM PDT
by
JohnDeereGreen
(It's time to rally once again!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I was an editor at Stripes Tokyo back in ‘94. One of my favorite duty stations. Figured this would happen eventually...
To: Buckeye McFrog
Isn’t it owned by Gannett? You are thinking of Army Times.
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posted on
09/04/2020 12:59:42 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I have one around here saying Monica Seles gets stabbed and something about Bill Clinton winning something
To: glennaro
A 15.5 million dollar budget?!
You can find that in most petty change drawers in the Pentagon.
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posted on
09/04/2020 1:00:26 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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