The New York Times Discovers a New 'N' Word

So Jesse Jackson. Pretty awful (also, unbelievably stupid), and offensive on so many levels. But language-wise? We’re pretty sure six-year-olds in Kansas have heard worse on school playground. However, on the off chance this is not the case we’re fortunate enough to have The New York Times here to save us from the vulgarity of hot mics everywhere! Over at The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg is highlighting the newspaper of record’s refusal to subject its readers to the word “nuts.”

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