The Washington Star sues The Star, Stars and Stripes sues The Pentagon, and the suits at The Salt Lake Tribune drop the paywall. The Star v. The Washington Star Back in April we were told Washington D.C. was about to once more get a news outlet called The Star. That may take a bit longer […]

What happens to satire when press freedom shrinks? Why has satire increasingly become something institutions fear rather than defend? Those are questions Daniel Warner at CounterPunch asks as he notes that the United States has fallen to its lowest score on Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. Major U.S. media institutions are scaling back […]

Two advisory board members for the Stars and Stripes military newspaper are suing the Pentagon, alleging that the Defense Department’s overhaul of the publication is undermining its editorial independence. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, asks a federal judge to block the Pentagon’s efforts to “exert unprecedented control” over the news outlet, arguing the department is attempting...