There is no way the BBC or any of the major news networks or newspapers in either the US or the UK would *ever* give an open platform to guests spreading disinformation about a virus during a global pandemic. Is that "leftist"? Is that "an attack on free speech"? Of course not. That's about saving lives and frankly, being patriotic. Nutballs have every right to spew their disinformation but no large privately owned platform has an obligation to give those nutballs an audience. Your understanding of free speech is disturbing.