"So this guy, Jeff Johnson, who is an accountant who cares nothing at all about a free press and cares nothing about journalism, he's a right winger who supported the war, you know, who two years ago told people he couldn't stand a word that I wrote"
- Robert Scheer
About this Quote
This quote is describing Jeff Johnson, an accountant who is a right-winger and supported the war. Robert Scheer is implying that Jeff Johnson does not appreciate a free press or journalism, and two years ago he was so opposed to Scheer's writing that he could not stand it. This quote is a sign of the divide between those who support a free press and those who do not, and the reality that Jeff Johnson is an accounting professional and not a journalist further emphasizes this divide. It likewise shows that even though Jeff Johnson is not a journalist, he still has strong viewpoints about journalism and journalism. This quote is a tip of the value of a free press and the need to protect it from those who do not support it.
This quote is written / told by Robert Scheer somewhere between April 14, 1936 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA.
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