Poll: If a news story involves swearing, what should the press do?
If a news story involves swearing, what should the press do? |
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Votes: 351
Comments: 6
Added: June 2004
Comments:
| F word - 18th June 2004 23:30 |
| Print the f***ers |
| MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 00:57 |
| The third option is laughable. If everyone knows what word is being said, one might as well write the word. |
| pdecaux - 5th April 2006 13:56 |
| It depends on the publication and the demographics of its readership. |
| Vidableek - 6th March 2008 22:42 |
| I agree with Trilby. If you are going to just use the first letter and blank out the rest, everyone will know what word was used so might as well use the whole thing. ******* is better. |
| Ruvelyn Ta-aca - 16th September 2010 01:01 |
| I agree with Vidableek. |
| Filip - 4th October 2011 23:44 |
| @MrTrilby: I wouldn't say that it is laughable. For one, younger children reading the article (despite the unlikeliness of this happening) then they probably wouldn't have a clue as to what the word is. The mast majority of adults, on the other hand, would know what word the author is referring to. Then again I usually find that the asterisks make an article seem a little less obscene, even if I know what it is being referred to. :P |
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