[VRWC_minion]

It is my understanding that it is only censorship when it comes from the government

Personally, I think its dangerous for us to be cheering the firing of a reporter for the reason of speaking his mind. I can see the argument that he should never of agreed to do the interview but our cheering should be based on that and not on what he said.

[sweetliberty]

By your reasoning, Hanoi Jane was within her rights as well. Is that your contention? I don't have a great deal of trouble making a distinction between speaking your mind in the United States as part of our right to free speech and making statements of support for the enemy on enemy state television with the express purpose of strengthening the enemy. People are fired in this country every day from lesser jobs and for far lesser offenses of exercising "freedom of speech".

[blastbaby]

"Personally, I think its dangerous for us to be cheering the firing of a reporter for the reason of speaking his mind"

A reporter CAN speak his mind - just like everybody here. What makes it dangerous is his doing it while on the "payroll" as a journalist and spoke as a "journalist".

And it is dangerous in the sense that you screw up at work - they fire you. Happens every day. I screw up at home - they continue to love me. At work - bye bye you are gone.

What is so hard to understand here?