What’s the point in having Freedom of the Press?

"KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- It may be President Bush's nickname for key political adviser Karl Rove, but some editors don't think it (Turd Blossom) belongs in their newspapers.

… The Kansas City Star, removed the (Doonesbury) strip entirely, replacing it with an older one.
'We thought it was in bad taste and probably unclear to a lot of people why we would be using the term,' said Steve Shirk, the Star's managing editor/news."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/07/27/doonesbury.language.ap/index.html

What’s the point in having Freedom of the Press if the corporate media choose self-censorship for the sake of political correctness?
As is often the case, the name cited In a news story seems to fit the theme of the story; the Star’s managing editor Shirked his journalistic duty for fear of offending a few shitheads who deserve to be offended. If the citizens of Kansas City are so ill informed that they haven’t heard of Bush’s pet name for his “brain,” then it’s the journalists' job to inform them; isn’t that the point of journalism? The main question that needs to be asked is what’s so offensive about a Turd Blossom? It’s true that “turd” is a four letter word but this is absurd.