Why won’t the Kansas City Star print the name of D.C.’s football team?

Public Editor Derek Donovan confirmed this week that the newspaper’s official policy is to not name the Redskins in its sports coverage because the nickname is “offensive to many people.” He called Redskins “an egregiously offensive term” and “racial slur.” Donovan said he finds it “inconceivable that the NFL still allows a patently offensive name and mascot to represent the league in 2012.” The name of Kansas City’s team? The Chiefs. Donovan says that name isn’t racist.