This was not a soapbox in a public square. NBC can interview or not interview anyone they want. They can edit the interview down to nothing before they air it or drop it altogether. No one has the right to be on TV.

My point was totally directed towards the actions of those in Connecticut who didn't want the interview to air and my opinion of the reasoning behind their actions. My personal opinion is a hostile interview that exposes the interviewee as a crank and a fraud is better than trying to ignore someone who already has his own national forum. But the bottom line is that even if the protesters won, no one's First Amendment rights would have been violated.