While I mostly agree with the point you're making, the counterpoint is that Baldinger is employed by the NFL Network, the very cable company owned by the NFL. The same NFL that makes a point to try to protect its image at every turn. The same NFL that suspended a coaching staff over a bounty incident in very recent memory. He was on the radio representing the NFL and the NFL Network. If I was on a live broadcast representing my employer and said something clearly controversial and, by past history, demonstrably counter to the ideals of the company I worked for I would expect to be disciplined in some fashion. Baldinger's freedom of speech shouldn't exonerate him from the repercussions of his own stupidity.
I hear ya. I generally hit the pause in the lower left on the video and then read the article below it, as I did in this case. If there is no article below it, then I skip it.