Pentagon fires Kansas journalist at Stars and Stripes in latest chapter of government censorship

By: Eric Thomas

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 1,122

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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When I read the headline, something told me that it referred to one of my former University of Kansas journalism students.

“Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor, publisher and reporter”

And so it did.

Lara Korte, a 2019 University of Kansas graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, was fired Friday from the military publication “Stars and Stripes.” After she and her editor appeared on …

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