Friday, August 02, 2013

Editor Fired For Anti-Obama Headline Speaks Out (Videos)

By Susan Duclos

The Chattanooga Times Free Press  fired editor Drew Johnson after an editorial titled "Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President, (Titled now changed to "President Obama's policies have harmed Chattanooga enough") claiming his headline was "inappropriate" and "outside of normal editing procedures."

Following the firing, Johnson took to Twitter to express his shock, saying "I just became the first person in the history of newspapers to be fired for writing a paper’s most-read article," he wrote, adding "we change headlines all the time without incident or issue."

In the video below, Johnson speaks to Greta Van Susteren about the article, the headline and being fired from the Free Press.