[I]f our readers can handle headlines like “Thousands Dead and Mangled in Massacre” they can handle the word 'fuck' once in a while. We do this because it’s ridiculous to live in a profane world with no profanity. Printing the word “fuck” isn’t going to condemn anyone to death. We cover homicides, bombings, earthquakes, and the rest of the staggering list of terrors perpetrated on humans by one another and by God. Surely the public finds these concepts more upsetting than a simple word. We are the fucking New York Times. We print “fuck” now.

Sincerely, The Editors of the New York Times

(Oh, and did I mention @neiltyson is involved?!)

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-new-york-times-announces-an-editorial-policy-change

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