"slut" in the news

[John Fitzpatrick]

And people have been mincing "bitch" for some time now.  I'm tempted to say
not just in a broadcast context, but most any utterance is liable to end up
being broadcast.

 

Seán Fitzpatrick  

The ends had better justify the means.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Lighter [mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: "slut" in the news

 

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

 

JL

 

 

 

 

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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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