Do people not see the problem with this? s Barack Obama 'taking the piss'?I

My piece about Barack Obama's odd way of honouring the murdered Jewish American Daniel Pearl missed a fascinating fact that the BBC amongst others have failed to mention. The BBC report Barack Obama's words that:

"This legislation, in a very modest way, puts us clearly on the side of journalistic freedom."

What they do not report is that first the ceremony raised eyebrows as the White House restricted media access as the president signed the free press bill. Also there was this interesting exchange:
when Chip Reid, a CBS News correspondent, tried to exercise his press freedom by asking the president a question about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico thus "Speaking of press freedom, could you answer a couple of questions on BP?".
Barack Obama replied "You’re certainly free to ask them, Chip,"
Chip Reid then asked "Will you answer them?... How about a question on Iran?"
To which that great preserver of a free press replied "We won’t be answering... I’m not doing a press conference today."

Free press must mean something different to Barack Oabama than it does to me. Maybe he means a press free to write articles glowing with praise for 'The One' and lauding all that 'HE' does.