{"id":372231,"date":"2026-08-22T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/stars-and-stripes-editor-just-fired-by-pentagon-speaks-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:00:08","slug":"stars-and-stripes-editor-just-fired-by-pentagon-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/stars-and-stripes-editor-just-fired-by-pentagon-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars and Stripes editor just fired by Pentagon speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AN6vk0Yd-Gc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Stars and Stripes editor just fired by Pentagon speaks out\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AN6vk0Yd-Gc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The editor-in-chief of the &quot;Stars and Stripes&quot; military newspaper who was just fired by the Pentagon is now speaking out in his first interview since his termination. Erik Slaven says he was fired for insubordination after telling CBS news any censorship of news for military service members would cross a &quot;red line.&quot; Slavin tells Erin Burnett he is &quot;proud&quot; to uphold a standard &quot;put into place by General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4xac8Sn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The editor-in-chief of the &quot;Stars and Stripes&quot; military newspaper who was just fired by the Pentagon is now speaking out in his first interview since his termination. Erik Slaven says he was fired for insubordination after telling CBS news any censorship of news for military service members would cross a &quot;red line.&quot; Slavin tells Erin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-372231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stars and Stripes editor just fired by Pentagon speaks out | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Stars and Stripes editor just fired by Pentagon speaks out for free, here on News ISC. 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