Pentagon installs its own public affairs official as Stars and…

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSir, the Pentagon's public affairs director is now acting publisher of Stars and Stripes.

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   Ignatius PalmquistWhat a proud morning for the free press, which I support. And I'd like to thank myself for the arrangement.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYou thanked yourself. Did you have a hand in this?

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   Ignatius PalmquistOnly the good parts. The modernizing is mine, and anything awkward about firing the leadership months ago belongs to the previous leadership.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut the leadership was fired by the Pentagon, which is also who the paper covers. Where does that leave independence?

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   Ignatius PalmquistWonderfully independent, in a supervised way. The free press, which I support, now gets its facts early, before anyone gets confused.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEarly.

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   Ignatius PalmquistVery early. I keep sharpening this pencil, but I never use it. It simply likes to be ready.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo is that a yes, that the stories get read before they run? Because I asked whether the paper can criticize the Pentagon.

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    Ignatius PalmquistIt can criticize anything it likes, the free press, which I support, once the criticism has been warmly reviewed. Nobody calls that editing.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat do they call it?

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    Ignatius PalmquistA preview. And if a headline is too critical, we simply don't preview it, which is a choice, not a correction.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSir, that pencil is sharper than anything this paper will print. What is it for?

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    Ignatius PalmquistThe headline of this interview, which reads: Palmquist Praised.