Free speech has nothing to do with McDaniel's hire: it infringes no one's rights when someone else chooses not to platform them. Otherwise, I'd be in a position to sue Fox for trampling my rights. ("Help! I'm being oppressed!")
This is all about NBC trying to be more like NYT and compete for Faux Noise share by proving that both-sides-ism absolutely trumps anything like actual journalism.
Free speech has nothing to do with McDaniel's hire: it infringes no one's rights when someone else chooses not to platform them. Otherwise, I'd be in a position to sue Fox for trampling my rights. ("Help! I'm being oppressed!")
This is all about NBC trying to be more like NYT and compete for Faux Noise share by proving that both-sides-ism absolutely trumps anything like actual journalism.