Why Is The MSM Playing Coulter's Clip With the F Word Unbleeped?

[ruggerson]

When Michael Richards' tape was replayed endlessly, the N** word was bleeped out. But on MSNBC and Fox, and presumably CNN, they have made the decision that it is okay to broadcast the F** word (the F** word that denigrates gays) for all to hear.

I'm tired of the double standard. The F** word is just as offensive, and the very fact that they broadcast one word but not the other speaks volumes about how the MSM deals with gay and lesbian issues.

Screw them. If they broadcast it, they're no better than Ann Coulter.

[TerdlowSmedley]

1. Because the news outlets are positively giddy at the prospect of

spreading this right-wing crap for them. They're happy to oblige.

[kiahzero]

2. Because F* is generally "Fuck" (n/t)

[malaise]

3. I disagree with you

While I hate the word and don't use it, expose that bitch and let everyone hear what she said. Her end is nigh.

[karlrschneider]

9. I doubt it will change any minds. The people who think she hung the moon

already agree (and probably use the word themselves), and the sane people expect nothing different from her/him/it...

[malaise]

10. Well Bush is now at 29%

so more and more people are getting fed up of them. She's a disgusting piece of crap.

[karlrschneider]

13. I think that simply demonstrates that 29 people out of 100 are ratshit nuts.

:eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Um...

and rather they didn't bleep it.

[WinkyDink]

5. I know. Wasn't it only about a month ago that "fa****t" was NOT ALLOWED?

Was considered OFF-LIMITS?

What happened??

[AlCzervik]

6. the news is actually reporting what happened?

that surprises me but she wanted pr and she's gotten it.

[Cobalt-60]

7. she grows more shrill every day

How long until she's ready for her closeup?

[Erika]

8. MSNBC is showing the clip including the "faggot" word

What a low class person.

[msongs]

11. maybe it makes this woman like what she really is and that's a GOOD thing? nt

[foreigncorrespondent]

12. Because...

...a lot of people don't see anything wrong with the use of that word. Of course those people are bigots, but they seem to be in the majority these days.

[ruggerson]

18. And a lot of these same people

would be horrified if the N** word were broadcast.

The double standard is alive and well.

[foreigncorrespondent]

21. Yep!

would be horrified if the N** word were broadcast

It really is. And like you, I am at the end of my rope with it.

[BlooInBloo]

14. Because the American public is more ok with public gaybashing...

... than they are with public displays of racism.

[ruggerson]

16. If there was a prize for the correct answer

you'd win it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Perhaps because

if you say "the 'N' word," just about everyone knows what you mean. But "the 'F' word" means something quite other than what Frau Coulter said. Even if prefaced by the comment, "A word that begins with 'F' and is used to denigrate gay people," there's still some gray area.

[ruggerson]

17. All they had to do

was say "gay slur" and then bleep it. Problem solved.

[Orangepeel]

19. It gets bleeped when Isaiah Washington says it

I guess the "entertainment" news has higher standards than the "political" news.

(hmmm.... maybe I have my quotation marks in the wrong place. I should probably say: entertainment "news" and political "news").

[blockhead]

20. I don't think they should bleep either word.

It kind of desensitizes it. Let them show what kind of stupid fucks these people are.

[foreigncorrespondent]

22. Maybe...

...but when you are in a world where the majority agree with them, then the world is blind to how stupid this truly is.