I don't think it's free speech. There was a story not so long ago about an academic who was working for a big lobby who got fired because their corporate sponso

I don't think it's free speech. There was a story not so long ago about an academic who was working for a big lobby who got fired because their corporate sponsor Google did not like what that person said about Google's monopolistic practices. This guy's livelihood was put in jeopardy because of his so called "free speech". People should have free speech, institutions should not. Lobbies are institutions.