By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 15:00 EST, 2 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:23 EST, 2 August 2013 A Tennessee newspaper editor has been fired after writing a headline critical of President Obama. Drew Johnson's editorial, titled, 'Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President: Your policies have harmed Chattanooga enough,' was published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press earlier this week when Obama visited the city. The timing of the column gave it a national audience it might not otherwise have had. As a result, it went viral online and Johnson,  the editor of the Times Free Press editorial page, has since been let go.
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The Chattanooga Times Free Press fired Drew Johnson, its editorial page editor, after he wrote a headline telling the president to 'take [his] jobs plan and shove it'
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The paper says he was fired for violating policy by changing a headline without getting it approved
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Johnson claims he was fired due to political pressure on his bosses
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Contrary to statements made by former Free Press editor Drew Johnson and national media reports, @placeholder was told on multiple prior occasions not to make material changes to editorials or headlines once they were approved by the editor responsible for the page.