Sunday, August 18, 2013

Journalism in the 21st Century: Just Be Quiet, And You’ll Be OK
...The opinion page editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press says he has been fired for writing an editorial that was highly critical of President Barack Obama’s new “jobs plan.”

“Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President: Your policies have harmed Chattanooga enough,” the headline reads.

Drew Johnson, the now apparently former opinion page editor at the Free Press, announced his firing on Twitter Thursday.

“I just became the first person in the history of newspapers to be fired for writing a paper’s most-read article,” Johnson wrote....