When was the last time you heard a swear word on TV news?

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

I don't listen often enough to have any experience, except for Novak's "bullshit" which I only saw thanks to Youtube. I guess if you're nitpicky enough, Bob Schieffer's "he has a habit of making these boners" back in 2007 regarding Joe Biden's "shove it down Bush's throat" comments might count.

[ashling]

1. Every time I watch it ....

that's because I can't hear the TV over my swearing at it.
:rofl:

[poiuytsister]

2. Chris Matthews

will occasionally forget to censor himself. I heard him say shit once and I seem to also recall him actually dropping the F bomb.

[barbtries]

3. i don't watch tv news

but i get a good dose of fucking bullshit motherfucker bastards from my prime news source, democratic underground dot com. either reading the posts or responding with outrage, coming from my keyboard or those of my fellow DU'ers.

why do you ask? just curious

[salguine]

4. "Boner" in that context doesn't mean "boner". It's kind of an out-of-date

term, simply meaning a clumsy mistake or error. You haven't heard of the imfamous "Merkle Boner"?

[Captain Hilts]

5. Correct, it's a variation of 'bone-headed', or stupid. nt

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

6. I already knew that, growing up with the nickname

But of course there are plenty of vocabulary nazis out there who will count any word that has a vulgar meaning, even if it's used in a nonvulgar form.