Firing Drew Johnson amounts to censorship
There must have been something else brewing between management and Drew Johnson. His headline “Take you jobs plan and shove it” was spot on and not “inappropriate” as you stated. Mr. Johnson probably changed it over your instructions not to do so. Censorship. Perhaps he might get a reprimand, but his job, no. Even though you tout your policy of publishing opposing views, this action certainly is an indicator of the current liberal media bias and intolerance prevalent in this nation. If Mr. Johnson would return, which probably is doubtful, he is owed an apology. After all you have given your vitriolic narrow-minded cartoonist, Bennett, carte blanche to publish his divisive art and comment that offers nothing constructive. Mr. Johnson always offered with an opposing view, a possible solution.
CHUCK ALVERSON, Etowah
Free Press editorial was inflammatory
I expect an adult even from the right side of the newspaper. Does not a moral person show respect to others, even those with whom they may disagree? What has happened to the respect for the office of the president? What happened to civil discourse? The inflamed language used on the Free Press opinion page on July 30, demeans us generally as a society and directly as southerners. Editorials need to be thought provoking and if possible, problem – solution driven, not just inflammatory rhetoric. Again, this editorial was just nasty. You owe “our” president and your readers an apology. You could have stated your reasons of opposition without being so utterly disrespectful.
BRENDA EASON, Lookout Mountain
‘Free Press’ not as free as bad as we had hoped
Clay Bennett gets away with outrageous, albeit clever, content regularly. Drew Johnson is terminated for changing a headline?