Posted 1 month ago
IN WHICH THE NEW YORK TIMES IS APPARENTLY SQUEAMISH ABOUT THE WORD “ASS”
“Here is this fictional character who is now suddenly interacting in the real world. It’s so far up its own rear end,” [Jon Stewart] said, or words to that effect…
“How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?” New York Times
Or words to that effect. Okay, so not those words exactly. But it still qualifies to be placed in quotation marks in a news article, though they aren’t the exact words he said.
Okay, Times. Sure, why not? Some words are just icky, I guess. Or, maybe not?
I mean, there were several times back in the 80s that you felt you had to explain to your readers that Reagan’s favorite word “keester” was “another word for ‘rump’.” Maybe that’s what Stewart said!
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