The Washington Post made history today !

[kentuck]

As far as I can ascertain, The Post is the first major newspaper in this nations history to spell out the word, "fuck" in a news story. The NYTimes and others used "f-word" or "f**k" to describe what VP Cheney had said on the Senate floor. Throughout our entire history of the free press in this nation, this is reportedly the first time this word has been spelled out. Has this set a precedent and will we see it more in the future?

[hippiegranny]

1. hmm, will they be fined?

n/t

[kiahzero]

2. No

FCC has no jurisdiction.

[kentuck]

3. Can the government fine themselves ?

Since it was reported on the Senate floor???

[bahrbearian]

4. Where is Micheal Powell

or he probably doesn't read the News either !

[SarahB]

9. Yeah, no kidding.

Irony's a bitch, huh?

[El Supremo]

5. Like I said,

Cheney has ruined a terrific word.

[AP]

6. "fuck" is the most incredible word in the english language.

It covers the full range of emotions. It really does more work than any other word out there.

[Career Prole]

7. Yeah...it's a versatile little fucker. n/t

[TacticalPeek]

8. Item:

From Dana Milbank's WaPo chat today:

Washington, D.C.: Regarding this morning's article about Cheney's use of an expletive, I thought it was a perfectly reasonable editorial decision to run the article the way it ran, with the expletive and all, but I've heard a lot of criticism (most of which is probably partisan). I'm just curious, however, about what kind of editorial discussion there was at the Washington Post regarding the article -- I think that's the first time I've seen that particular expletive used in a Post article. Was it put on A4 because of that? Etc.?

Dana Milbank: I'll leave the explanations of editorial decisions to my superiors, but as a historical matter, that expletive appeared in the paper in 1998 when it was used in the Starr report.

snip

Kansas City, Mo.: Your column on the Leahy/Cheney exchange notes that Kerry used similar language in December. Was that reported in the Washington Post? I read faithfully every day, but that was news to me.

Dana Milbank: Kerry used the same naughty word in an interview with Rolling Stone. The Post did not repeat that word then, nor did it repeat the word when Bush used it in 1999 in an interview with Talk magazine.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25168-2004Jun8.html


Somehow I guess I missed coverage of Shrub fucking up in a magazine interview. SCLM, like a fish.

[amjsjc]

10. Didn't 'Fuck' show up on the Nixon tapes in the NY TImes?

Correct me if I'm wrong