Just so you can see what passes for "fair and balanced" over at Faux News.
Summation of Megyn Kelly here - 'Really Reprehensible!' 'Word Police!'
From Mediaite:
After showing a statement from Robertson regarding his homophobic remarks, Kelly turned to the panel, and right off the bad Bernard Whitman condemned Robertson’s “disgusting,” “really reprehensible” remarks and said he should get the boot.
Arthur Aidala and Monica Crowley vehemently disagreed, and all three got in a heated back-and-forth about the free speech issues here. Aidala cried, “There’s something called the First Amendment!” Crowley called it a “classic example of the word police, political correctness.”
Whitman shot back that Robertson has every right to say hateful things at “hate speech conventions” but remarks like that have no place in the public square. He said, “Our country’s not founded on hate.” Aidala shot back, “No, it’s founded on free speech!”
A&E is a private company that clearly doesn't believe in homophobia, so they suspended an employee for making homophobic remarks. It's got nothing to do with freedom of speech or the First Amendment because this is not government censorship.
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