Television networks always defend their broadcasts because of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. What I want to know is, who is it that has that freedom? It certainly isn't the artist, the writer, or the creative person, who must submit their work for the approval of non-creative executives--and don't say that they are simply trying to make sure it is legally within the bounds of "protected speech" because our courts, for all of their failings, at least allow the artist to express themselves first, before deciding whether it violates a law or not--

My feeling, perhaps a little extreme, is that there is no such thing as freedom of the press in the US, simply because the creative people are "edited" before publication, broadcast, or whatever, by editors, producers, lawyers, programming executives--