As word spread that our racist shitholer-in-chief insulted Haiti and Haitian immigrants, our local dailies had to decide how to describe the word salad being tossed in Washington.
The Herald didn't shy away from the term in its online headline today.
The Globe, however, decided discretion was the better part of journalistic valor:
The Herald used an Associated Press report. The Globe used an account from the Washington Post, which did not shy away from the term. Its headline:
Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries
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They said it on WBUR this
By surprisefries
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 9:03am
They said it on WBUR this morning. Perhaps they found a way around the regs, or decided they didn't apply here?
I was listening to WGBH this morning
By Ron Newman
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:00am
Had to check because I tend to wander between the two stations without a strong preference.
Just now I *did* hear it on WGBH
By Ron Newman
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:03am
during what I think is the hourly NPR national feed. They apparently changed their mind some time in the past few hours. They gave a content warning before saying the word.
DC vs Boston
By BostonDog
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:11am
Perhaps they're leaving it up to the local affiliates to decide.
That makes sense
By erik g
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:50am
The FCC fines, if they were to come down, would be based on "contemporary community standards," which implies a certain amount of regional variance. What I want to see is WGBH letting through a "fahk this mothafahka in his left eah" from a riled-up man-in-the-street interview in Southie. Hey, it meets the standards of the city; no reason to censor it.
Seconded
By Neal
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:29am
They said it several times during the story, with a warning beforehand. FCC regulations notwithstanding, shit (or frankly, any of the other six words) shouldn't be a censored by the FCC from the public airwaves. Sure, they're rude, but government censorship here is overreach (especially on the many dubious grounds cited). There are no dirty words. Dirty people, yes, but words are just that: words.
If the f-bomb is incidental
By mediaseth
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 9:44am
If the f-bomb is incidental during news coverage, they're exempt - kind of.
In fact, that SHOULD have been the case with choice words during award ceremonies and Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction - but I think they still got heat for it because those were "entertainment" programs, and were partially scripted, while NPR is news and has no control over what fighter pilots say.
NPR standard for this case
By Irma la Douce
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 4:17pm
As official water carriers I expect The Herald
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 7:48am
to obtain comment from Geoff Diehl, Shauna O'Connell, Jim Lyons, Tim Cruz and Massachusetts Trump spokesman Ron Beaty Jr.
Re: Nothing...
By Angel
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 9:12am
Nothing from Lyons, O'Connell or Diehl on their Facebook pages.
I'm proud of what Trump said.
By Donnie Boston
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 9:10am
I'm proud of what Trump said. Who wants people here that don't contribute to our society? As a taxpayer, I'm glad we got a president who finally tells it like it really is!!
Oh, hi racist, I didn't see
By MattyC
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:04am
Oh, hi racist, I didn't see you there. Perhaps you'd like to take a minute to shut the fuck up so we can get back to the business of ignoring you? Thanks.
You mean people like this?
By Irma la Douce
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:24am
Incidentally, this comes from Bill Kristol, the conservative pundit, with whom I probably disagree 98.8% of the time.
Kansas steals billions from
By Kinopio
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:39am
Kansas steals billions from blue states every year. Massachusetts pays all this tax money to the federal government and then red states like Kansas take it. But you don't call them welfare queens or people who "don't contribute" because Kansas is mainly white and you are racist.
Do you grow, prepare and cook 100% of your own food? No, you don't. That means you benefit from the contributions of immigrants, most of which are minorities, because they are the ones doing those things for you. You would starve to death without them. Hell, Trump has Haitians working on his golf courses. He is a hypocritical piece of garbage and so are you.
That must be why
By erik g
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:52am
you so proudly used your real name to make your shitheaded comment. C'mon, Donnie, put it all out in the open--let that flag fly! I'm sure you'll be free from repercussions, in this, the age of Trump.
Translation
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 11:27am
Translation: We should judge applicants for citizenship based on what country they came from and not based on who they are or what their personal accomplishments are.
Did I get that about right?
And I counter
By whyaduck
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 12:41pm
that President Shit hole does not contribute anything of value to our society.
I am not sure what you mean by we have a president "who finally tells it like it really is!" Almost everything he tweets/says, he refutes.
Other than being born in the
By John
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 1:12pm
Other than being born in the United States, what make you so special?
Speaking of those that don't currently contribute, I
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 7:53pm
find irony in watching a Hatian American member of the BPD hit a white, maybe Irish, Italian, WASP, Jew, German God knows what zombie vampire heroin addict with multiple narcan and then dodging puke. Yeah. Pretty shithole of him.
Needs more Santorum
By MattyC
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:03am
Needs more Santorum
We're the shithole country
By anon
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 12:30pm
We're the shithole country now.. #MAGA, right?
You meant...
By Michael Kerpan
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 7:48pm
... #MAWA. Right?
How "startled Congresspeople" should have responded:
By Dan Farnkoff
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 5:13pm
"Shut the fuck up, Trump, you asshole. Matter of fact, get the fuck out of here."
This is how you deal with the bigoted loser in a baseball cap in the dive bar. This is how people of character should deal with this bigoted loser in a suit at the expensive wooden table.
Better that than the
By Rob
Sat, 01/13/2018 - 1:58am
Better that than the experienced Washington person I heard in an interview Friday morning. He was expressing his disgust: "Never has there been such crude and vulgar language from any President of the United States!"
Really? The indignation is nice, but the ignorance isn't.
To name two...
LBJ was plenty crude (on an equal-opportunity basis, so far as I know).
Wilson's mindset was, umm.... quaintly "old-school".
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