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Jesse Jackson

Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.

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Jesse Jackson is saying that editorial and column writers are not held responsible for the opinions they express. He believes they use the idea of press freedom to push their own political and cultural views without oversight.

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