There was a time, not too long ago, when mainstream newspapers would not print words George Carlin told us you couldn’t say on television. Today the New York Times ran three articles referencing Donald Trump’s unhinged and obscene social media post.
A once-unprintable word appears twice on the front page of the Old Gray Lady, although the print edition leaves one “fucking” in and substitutes this in the second:
“He cursed, mentioned Hell again and said “Praise be to Allah.”
Someone must have thought that two direct quotes was too fucking much for print.