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33. i don't have cable and the local news played
Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:49 AM
Jan 2018

the clip of durbin quoting trump and didn't bleep out the word when durbin said it.

wow.

public television (i forget which news i had on--cbs, abc or nbc) has broken through the shit barrier

Now that we've broken that barrier, Lindsay Jan 2018 #1
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! The money shot !! pangaia Jan 2018 #32
WERD HAB911 Jan 2018 #38
I was under the impression that you couldn't bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #2
cable Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #7
I clearly remember George Carlin not having shithole as one of the banned words snooper2 Jan 2018 #27
Ah, but "shit" WAS. Numero Uno, as I recall. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2018 #28
France tazkcmo Jan 2018 #3
Im glad they did. We need to be appalled. nolabear Jan 2018 #4
Wow - neither did I! But I'm glad they did. Siwsan Jan 2018 #5
How about tiptoeing around? jmowreader Jan 2018 #16
Use it if you prefer Siwsan Jan 2018 #17
Pussyfooting means treading softly like a cat. Always has ... Hekate Jan 2018 #25
Just saw this exact same thing on Family Guy grantcart Jan 2018 #6
Cable has different rules. The real obscenity is anything that comes out of the mouth Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #8
The Limbo Competition_how low can we go? delisen Jan 2018 #9
They're a crime family and a crime party. There is no bottom. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #15
I'm sure you all know that FCC has no control over what is said on Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #10
Jim Acosta just said shithole and my neck snapped back...I just turned on the TV didn't Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #11
There are no norms any more. Amaryllis Jan 2018 #12
My mother would have washed my mouth out with soap. TomSlick Jan 2018 #13
Exactly! yonder Jan 2018 #23
I came from a strict evangelical family LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #42
Oh well Ms. Rhule, couldn't bring herself to say it. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #14
It wasn't just her...Most on MSNBC wouldn't say it whathehell Jan 2018 #36
If you're quoting the POTUS, you can. MineralMan Jan 2018 #18
Make that Six Words You Can Never Say On Television. edbermac Jan 2018 #19
of course, it's Broadcast television rusty fender Jan 2018 #20
As he does with IQ averages... Orsino Jan 2018 #21
I caught a bit of msnbc and nicole wallace yesterday. she just kept shaking her head, niyad Jan 2018 #22
Of course they can say it on cable. Codeine Jan 2018 #24
But, but, but skydive forever Jan 2018 #26
NPR used the word in reporting the story. Nitram Jan 2018 #29
CNN is a cable channel not a broadcast channel. LiberalArkie Jan 2018 #30
just a reminder... Sancho Jan 2018 #31
i don't have cable and the local news played orleans Jan 2018 #33
Cable is no probem Liberal In Texas Jan 2018 #34
SNL? videohead5 Jan 2018 #35
Yes SNL pressbox69 Jan 2018 #37
He also brought the word 'pussy' into the mainstream crazycatlady Jan 2018 #39
Post removed Post removed Jan 2018 #40
Ugh. Clueless. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2018 #41
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