Ron Paul supporter FIRED from newspaper for anti-Obama column

[Matt Collins]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/01/free-press-editorial-page-editor-no-longer-times-f/

 

[BuddyRey]

I once applied for an op-ed columnist position at a local newspaper and sent an anti-Obama piece to the editor as an example of my work. Needless to say, I never heard back from him.

 

[thoughtomator]

In this case it sounds like a loose cannon who thought he was boss and found he wasn't.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Ron Paul supporter FIRED from newspaper for anti-Obama column

That is not exactly what the article says, Collins. It says he was fired for changing the headline.

 

[GregSarnowski]

That article was up all day. Sounds like they buckled to a bunch of liberal complaints.

 

[Matt Collins]

That is not exactly what the article says, Collins. It says he was fired for changing the headline.

And if you believe that, Al Gore has some carbon credits to sell ya...

 

[LibertyEagle]

And if you believe that, Al Gore has some carbon credits to sell ya...

If you have inside information, state that. However, the article that you linked to does not substantiate the dramatic claim you made in the title of this thread.

 

[John Taylor]

If you have inside information, state that. However, the article that you linked to does not substantiate the dramatic claim you made in the title of this thread.

In any case, what of the firing.... it is a private newspaper. It is a private employment agreement. Right to work. Freedom of contract. End of story.

 

[devil21]

In any case, what of the firing.... it is a private newspaper. It is a private employment agreement. Right to work. Freedom of contract. End of story.

Of course but it also allows readership to boycott their products if they disagree with the decision. Free market rocks. Safe to say I won't be buying their publications if Im ever in TN.

 

[Tod]

Wonder what would happen if at the same time, we all notified them that we wanted to cancel our subscriptions because they fired him. We would not have to tell them that we don't HAVE a subscription, but it might take them a while to figure that out.

 

[Carlybee]

Anything that says FreePress is usually a liberal rag

 

[Origanalist]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/01/free-press-editorial-page-editor-no-longer-times-f/

I already had a thread on this and I didn't see anything about Ron.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?422812-Take-your-jobs-plan-and-shove-it-Mr-President

 

[idiom]

"Shove it"

in a headline.

Fired. Every time. Its so hard finding professionals these days.

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

This will be me after I graduate.

 

[Feelgood]

Nothing to see here.

 

[devil21]

More info here:
http://www.infowars.com/news-editor-fired-for-headline-critical-of-obama/

Tweet from fired guy:

I just became the first person in the history of newspapers to be fired for writing a paper's most-read article. - Ben Johnson

 

[Henry Rogue]

I once applied for an op-ed columnist position at a local newspaper and sent an anti-Obama piece to the editor as an example of my work. Needless to say, I never heard back from him.

You must not have wanted that job too much.