They’ve been “woke” for a long time now and I’m happy to see the Tokyo Roses sent on their merry way. They wrote like China or the EU was paying their salaries.
The taxpayer is not funding a private newsroom with a Pentagon hobby. Stars and Stripes is government speech with a newsroom culture, not The Washington Post in camouflage. That distinction controls everything. If the paper wants private press freedom, it needs private press funding. Until then, mission, discipline, morale, civilian control, and military purpose are not optional suggestions from the people paying the bills. The same President who saved Stars and Stripes from budget death in 2020 can insist it serve the warfighter rather than posture as an untouchable fourth branch. Independence bought by taxpayers is not independence. It is a management choice.
They’ve been “woke” for a long time now and I’m happy to see the Tokyo Roses sent on their merry way. They wrote like China or the EU was paying their salaries.
DOW doesn’t need its own half-assed PBS…
The taxpayer is not funding a private newsroom with a Pentagon hobby. Stars and Stripes is government speech with a newsroom culture, not The Washington Post in camouflage. That distinction controls everything. If the paper wants private press freedom, it needs private press funding. Until then, mission, discipline, morale, civilian control, and military purpose are not optional suggestions from the people paying the bills. The same President who saved Stars and Stripes from budget death in 2020 can insist it serve the warfighter rather than posture as an untouchable fourth branch. Independence bought by taxpayers is not independence. It is a management choice.