2026年8月21日 / 美国东部时间下午3:34 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯——据知情人士透露，五角大楼于周五启动解聘程序，解雇由美国纳税人部分出资的美军官方媒体《星条旗报》的出版商和总编辑，以及一名负责中东事务的记者。
周五送达的解聘通知要求出版商马克斯·莱德雷和总编辑埃里克·斯拉文在五天内对解雇决定提出上诉。记者劳拉·科尔特也表示，她已收到解雇通知。
斯拉文和科尔特称，解聘理由是不服从命令。
斯拉文在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中表示，他将通过法定程序回应。
“根据通知，我被解雇是因为在接受哥伦比亚广播公司采访时称，对服役人员的新闻审查将是一条红线。五角大楼公共事务办公室指控我不服从命令，”斯拉文说。“我坚持认为，《星条旗报》必须保持编辑独立性，这是法律要求，也是国防部自身政策的规定。”
斯拉文在7月播出的《哥伦比亚广播公司周日早间》采访中公开谈及与五角大楼领导层的分歧。在那次采访中，记者问他是否有不能逾越的红线。他回答说：“‘不要报道完全准确的新闻，而是刊登这篇由五角大楼撰写的文章。这样的要求就是一条红线。’”
科尔特在一份声明中称，此次解雇“对该机构和服役人员来说是一种耻辱，他们宣誓捍卫宪法，理应享有自由独立新闻媒体的权利”。
“我为我和同事们在《星条旗报》的工作感到自豪，尤其是过去六个月来我们对伊朗长期冲突的报道。军属和服役人员信任我们，让我们向世界分享他们的经历，我不会轻视这份信任，”她说。
科尔特也出现在7月的《周日早间》报道中，她当时说道：“我为《星条旗报》工作。不是为五角大楼，不是为任何一届政府，也不是为任何政策制定者。我在这里是为了报道军事社区。”
周五下午，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻联系五角大楼发言人置评时，对方拒绝回应。该媒体最先报道了斯拉文和莱德雷的解雇消息。
莱德雷担任该报出版商已有19年，他本周告诉同事，他计划于9月30日退休，理由是与特朗普政府存在根本性分歧。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻周三报道称，五角大楼官员曾讨论在莱德雷按计划退休前将其解雇。
在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻获得的本周早些时候致员工的便签中，莱德雷写道：“很明显，我的领导理念，以及我对《星条旗报》价值和使命的理解，与国防部领导层对该组织的发展方向存在根本分歧。”
但他补充说，在退休前，他将“尽一切努力确保你们每个人的过渡都顺利”。
几十年来，《星条旗报》一直是美军成员及其家属获取重要信息的渠道，并以编辑独立性为荣。
近期，《星条旗报》与《军事时报》一道报道了“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰上的严峻状况，称该航母上服役人员的家属担心亲人的心理健康和自残风险。代理海军部长洪·曹、国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟和特朗普总统淡化甚至否认了这些报道，但该航母在部署九个月后于本周离开中东，启程返回美国。
据熟悉该报运营情况的人士透露，《星条旗报》每年2900万美元的预算中约有一半来自纳税人。据两名美国官员透露，自越南战争、冷战和二战时期的峰值以来，其发行量有所下降，但平均每天仍有140万读者阅读《星条旗报》。海外印刷版还能为网络接入不稳定且不可靠的偏远地区服役人员提供新闻。
五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕奈尔曾谈到要“让《星条旗报》跟上21世纪的步伐”，并努力“将其内容从消磨士气的‘觉醒式’分心事物中重新聚焦，调整内容以服务新一代服役人员”。
Pentagon moves to fire publisher and editor of Stars and Stripes
August 21, 2026 / 3:34 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers, as well as a reporter who covers the Middle East, according to people familiar with the matter.
The separation notices, delivered Friday, gave Publisher Max Lederer and Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin five days to appeal their dismissals. Reporter Lara Korte also said she received notice that she was being fired.
The cause cited was insubordination, Slavin and Korte said.
In a statement to CBS News, Slavin said he will respond through the required process.
“According to the notice, I am being fired for stating in a CBS interview that censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line. The Pentagon’s public affairs office has charged me with insubordination,” Slavin said. “I stand by the principle that Stars and Stripes must remain editorially independent, as required by law and by the department’s own policies.”
Slavin spoke publicly about disagreements with Pentagon leaders in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that aired in July. In that piece, Slavin was asked if he had any red lines he would not cross. He replied, “‘Don’t run a perfectly accurate story, run this instead. Here it is, written by the Pentagon.’ That would be a red line.”
In a statement, Korte called the firings “a shame for the institution and service members, who swore to defend the Constitution and deserve the right to a free and independent press.”
“I’m proud of the work my colleagues and I do at Stars and Stripes, especially the last six months covering the protracted conflict in Iran. Military families and service members have trusted us to share their experience with the world and I don’t take that lightly,” she said.
Korte was also featured in the July “Sunday Morning” story, in which she said: “I’m working for Stars and Stripes. Not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker. I’m here to cover the military community.”
A Defense Department spokesman declined to comment when contacted on Friday afternoon by CBS News, which first reported the firings of Slavin and Lederer.
Lederer has served as the outlet’s publisher for 19 years and told colleagues this week that he would retire on Sept. 30, citing fundamental differences with the Trump administration.
CBS News reported on Wednesday that Pentagon officials had discussed dismissing Lederer before his scheduled retirement.
In a note to staff earlier this week that was obtained by CBS News, Lederer wrote: “It has become clear that my philosophy of leadership, and my understanding of the value and mission of Stars and Stripes, differ in fundamental ways from the direction the leadership of the Department of Defense has for the organization.”
But he added he would “do everything I can to make sure the transition is smooth for each of you” before his retirement.
Stars and Stripes has been a source of critical information for members of the military and their families for decades, and has prided itself on editorial independence.
Recently, Stars and Stripes, along with the Military Times, reported on challenging conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, writing that family members of service members aboard the aircraft carrier were concerned about their loved ones’ mental health and risk of self-harm. Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump downplayed or denied those reports, but the ship left the Middle East this week to begin the journey home to the U.S. after a nine-month deployment.
Roughly half of Stars and Stripes’ $29 million annual budget comes from taxpayers, a person familiar with the newspaper’s operations said. Readership has declined since its peaks during the Vietnam War, the Cold War and World War II, according to two U.S. officials, but an average of 1.4 million people see Stars and Stripes each day. Print editions overseas also reach service members in remote locations where internet access is spotty and unreliable.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell has talked about “bringing Stars and Stripes into the 21st century” and efforts to “refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale, and adapt it to serve a new generation of service members.”
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