"slut" in the news

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, but most of those are OK now, so replacements are needed.

JL




On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > For some reason I can't fathom, it looks like my last two comments on
> this
> > subject went to Nancy Friedman alone. Sorry, Nancy!
> >
> > I
> > July 3:
> >
> > Tot-mom attorney Jose Baez claimed in his closing argument that his
> client
> > was being defamed as a "lying, no-good slut." Â Later, the Headline News
> team
> > expressed amazement that producers had not bleeped the word. Jane
> > Velez-Mitchell said she'd sought guidance about whether she could repeat
> it
> > on the air.
> >
> > In my day, though "slut" was obviously insulting (and thus "offensive"),
> it
> > was not usually thought to be indecent.
> >
> > JL
> > II
> > Today
> >
> > On CNN this morning Kirin Chetry quoted Jose Baez's use of the word
> "slut."
> > She felt, however, that she had to spell it out rather utter it. She
> > apologized for using the word, saying that she was only quoting someone
> > else, and that she took the precaution of spelling rather than saying
> "just
> > in case any children might be listening."
> >
> > JL
> >
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> Didn't George Carlin establish that there are only *seven* words that
> can't be said on television?
>
> WTF?!!!
>
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