US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired

What happened

Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that "in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line"

What changes

BBC highlights this story because it changes the calculus for actors watching military, newspaper, editor, voices, censorship.

The setting

Earlier reporting from BBC and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Signal Ledger on military

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of military, newspaper, editor, voices, censorship: Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that "in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line".