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His freedom of speech isn't really at issue both because he works for a private firm and because he is not a journalist covering a news event nor being forced even by voluntary omission not to fully do so

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Blarg, I wasn't referring to his freedom of speech, I was talking about ours, in a broader sense.

If the politicians, public figures or the people that report on them, or entertainers / comedians for that matter, censor themselves, because of the intolerance that currently permeates the current socio-political climate, that can't be good

What Imus said was offensife, but it was said in a satirical context (not excusing it). I just think we have become an intolerant society and being so speech cannot help but be diluted. That was my point.