Free speech

MANIFESTO

Here's a disappointment:

CN8 has fired veteran TV journalist Barry Nolan for publicly protesting the decision by the local Emmy Awards to honor Fox News blowhard Bill O’Reilly.

Nolan ... was fired Tuesday following a two-week, unpaid suspension.

I actually like Barry Nolan; when I happened to catch his show, I thought he was unpretentious and insightful—certainly nothing like the buffoon he was fired over.

Of course, Comcast took CN8, its own network, away from this area's "expanded basic" customers months ago in order to add yet another shopping channel to its already feeble lineup. Thus, I haven't had a chance to watch Mr. Nolan in quite a while.