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Ousted Publisher Says Hegseth’s Pentagon Ordered Him To Fire Journalists, Made Clear ‘You Have No First Amendment Rights’
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What happenedOusted Publisher Says Hegseth’s Pentagon Ordered Him To Fire Journalists, Made Clear ‘You Have No First Amendment Rights’.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Former publisher blisters Trump admin for ordering him to fire journalists". The right frames it as "Ousted Publisher Says Hegseth’s Pentagon Ordered Him To Fire Journalists, Made Clear ‘You...".
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Left / center-leftFormer publisher blisters Trump admin for ordering him to fire journalists
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Right / center-rightOusted Publisher Says Hegseth’s Pentagon Ordered Him To Fire Journalists, Made Clear ‘You Have No First Amendment Rights’
Former publisher blisters Trump admin for ordering him to fire journalists
Former Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer says the Pentagon outright directed him to fire journalists for ‘insubordination’—for daring to use their freedom of speech to report truth. "...
Ousted Publisher Says Hegseth’s Pentagon Ordered Him To Fire Journalists, Made Clear ‘You Have No First Amendment Rights’
"Their disciplinary action was basically saying you have no First Amendment rights. It's not consistent, to me, to fire somebody who's exercising their First Amendment rights" The post Oust...
