everyone else said it better
' "Fuck yourself," said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency. '
Crap, boobs, crap.
Hell damn fart.
Not that it's earthshattering news, or unique at that level of power. Nixon was said to have a mouth filthier than us Marlites put together, that is when he wasn't falling down drunk (comparable with us Marlites). I just like some of the phrases used in stories about it.
(Also, since the exact phrasing of Cheney's quote couldn't be confirmed, a particular daily newspaper, in the interest of accuracy, went back and forth on whether to include the word "go" as part of the quote.)
But it of course spurred the typical complaints that "fuck" does not belong in a "family newspaper, read by children." Which is true, if the newspaper is Scholastic News.
Kids may read the comics and the the kids section, but I highly doubt that your average 10 year old reads the inside A section of The Washington Post. (Hell, yesterday's Style section, with both KidsPost and the comics had a lead story about prostitutes in Baghdad).
If they did, we wouldn't have declining newspaper readership.
Shield your kids from reality folks, if you must, but don't cry when little Jonny or Suzie get slapped around on the playground for being the same kind of pansies you are.
(This is not a grounds for discussion about the news value of the story, because I do see the merit of this story. It can be grounds for discussion of profanity in the news and what's appropriate for kids to read/watch, if you like.)
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Better to print the word(s), I think, than to be coy and use dashes or "expletive." Especially when dealing with a quote. But it shouldn't happen often.
Posted by @ 06/26/04 5:10 a.m. ET
On the lighter side...."V.P. says F.U. in D.C."
Posted by @ 06/27/04 6:31 a.m. ET
...and in a related note, Jayson Blair was apparently on the floor of the senate at the time and reports that Sen. Leahy tried, but failed to follow the VP's advice.
Posted by @ 06/28/04 12:09 a.m. ET
Fuckity Fuck Fuck. Fuck Fuck Fuck. Fuck.
Posted by @ 06/25/04 3:13 a.m. ET